Cytopathology

Volume 17, Issue 2 pp. 101-103

The effect of disease prevalence on positive predictive value: a simple model

Dr Huw Llewellyn, 

Dr Huw Llewellyn

ACT Pathology, The Canberra Hospital, Canberra, ACT, Australia

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Dr Huw Llewellyn, 

Dr Huw Llewellyn

ACT Pathology, The Canberra Hospital, Canberra, ACT, Australia

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First published: 21 March 2006

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2303.2006.00337.x

Citations: 1

Dr Huw Llewellyn, ACT Pathology, The Canberra Hospital, Canberra, ACT, Australia
E-mail: [email protected]

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April 2006

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