Setting minimum clinical performance specifications for tests based on disease prevalence and minimum acceptable positive and negative predictive values: Practical considerations applied to COVID-19 testing
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Biochemistry
سال: 2021
ISSN: 0009-9120
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2020.11.003