Blinded reading of radiographs increases the frequency of errors in vertebral fracture detection

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1793-1800

  Ross, Philip D ^a   Huang, Chun ^a   Karpf, David ^b   Lydick, Eva ^b   Coel, Marc ^c   Hirsch, Laurence ^b   Wasnich, Richard D ^a  

^a Hawaii Osteoporosis Center   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

EID: 0029981128     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.5650111124     Document Type: Article

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