underascertainment
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underascertainment (uncountable)
- Insufficient ascertainment
- 2015 July 6, Kshitij Khaparde et al., “Evaluation of TB Case Finding through Systematic Contact Investigation, Chhattisgarh, India”, in Tuberculosis Research and Treatment[1], volume 2015, :
- Further, some household contacts with symptoms may not have returned with the contact slip, leading to underascertainment of contacts examined and possible TB cases detected.