Bayesian Estimation of Performance Measures of Cervical Cancer Screening Tests in the Presence of Covariates and Absence of a Gold Standard
In this paper we develop a Bayesian analysis to estimate the disease prevalence, the sensitivity and specificity of three cervical cancer screening tests (cervical cytology, visual inspection with acetic acid and Hybrid Capture II) in the presence of a covariate and in the absence of a gold standard...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2008-01-01
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Series: | Cancer Informatics |
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Online Access: | http://la-press.com/article.php?article_id=562 |