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Original Articles

Test Equality Between Two Binary Screening Tests with a Confirmatory Procedure Restricted on Screen Positives

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Pages 29-43 | Received 01 Aug 2012, Accepted 08 Jul 2013, Published online: 20 Jan 2015

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