Variability in Radiologists' Interpretations of Mammograms

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 331, Issue 22, 1994, Pages 1493-1499

  Elmore, Joann G ^a   Wells, Carolyn K ^a   Howard, Debra H ^a   Lee, Carol H ^b   Feinstein, Alvan R ^c  

^a Departments of Internal Medicine   (United States)

^b Diagnostic Radiology   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST;

BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0028113385     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199412013312206     Document Type: Article

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