Inter- and intra-observer variability in the assessment of atelectasis and consolidation in neonatal chest radiographs

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 459-462

  Bloomfield, Frank H ^a,b   Teele, Rita L ^a   Voss, Maurice ^a   Knight, David B ^a   Harding, Jane E ^a  

^a NATIONAL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATELECTASIS; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ATELECTASIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033037499     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002470050617     Document Type: Article

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