Observer variation and relationship of computed tomography to severity of beryllium disease

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 155, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2047-2056

  Daniloff, Elaine M ^b   Lynch, David A ^b   Bartelson, Becki Bucher ^b   Newell Jr , John D ^b   Bernstein, Steven M ^b   Newman, Lee S ^a  

^a NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BERYLLIOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXERCISE; GAS EXCHANGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030958325     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.155.6.9196114     Document Type: Article

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