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Diagnostic tests: III. Optimal cut-offs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2014

Dusan Hadzi-Pavlovic*
Affiliation:
School of Psychiatry, University of NSW, Kensington, NSW, Australia Black Dog Institute, Randwick, NSW, Australia
*
Black Dog Institute Building, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hospital Road, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia. Tel: +61 2 9382 3716; Fax: +61 2 9382 3712; E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

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Type
Statistically Speaking
Copyright
Copyright © 2008 Blackwell Munksgaard

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