Interobserver agreement in assessing plain radiographs of maxillary sinus

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-46

  Fonseca, Maria T M ^a,b   Camargos, Paulo A M ^a   Ferreira, Cid S ^a   Filogônio, Cecil B B ^a   Pitchon, Raquel ^b   Viotti, Vânia N ^b   MacIel, Pedro E ^b   Castro, Thaís A ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Mater Dei   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Kappa statistic; Maxillary sinusitis; Radiography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLA SINUSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SINUSITIS; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; MAXILLARY SINUSITIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PEDIATRICS; RADIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032530175     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5876(98)00085-8     Document Type: Article

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