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Statistical Assessment of Jointly Observed Screening Tests

✍ Scribed by Marlos A.G. Viana; Carlos A. De B. Pereira

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2000
Tongue: English
Weight: 96 KB
Volume: 42
Category: Article
ISSN: 0323-3847
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4036(200011)42:7<855::aid-bimj855>3.0.co;2-s

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