The reproducibility of the mandibular cortical index

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 141-144

  Jowitt, N ^a   MacFarlane, T ^a   Devlin, H ^a,c   Klemetti, E ^b   Homer, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY DENTAL HOSPITAL OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision support techniques; Diagnosis; Mandible; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAW DISEASE; MANDIBLE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR DISEASES; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; RADIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033122182     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.dmfr.4600427     Document Type: Article

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