Technical quality control of chest radiographs performed for purpose of health control of workers exposed to pneumoconiosis risk: Proposal of a qualitative screening method;Controllo di qualità tecnica sui radiogrammi del torace effettuati per la sorveglianza sanitaria dei lavoratori esposti al rischio di pneumoconiosi: Proposta di un metodo di screening qualitativo

Medicina del Lavoro

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 242-249

  Manzari, Giovanna ^a   Valenti, E ^a   D'Epifanio, F ^b   Quercia, A ^a   Cardona, E ^b  

^a ASL Viterbo   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA; ARTICLE; CERAMIC INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM; EVALUATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTIFACT; BREATHING; CERAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ITALY; LUNG; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIOGRAPHY; RIB; SCAPULA; STANDARD; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTIFACTS; CERAMICS; DIAPHRAGM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HEART; HUMANS; ITALY; LUNG; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL RECORDS; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RESPIRATION; RIBS; SCAPULA;

EID: 0042233720     PISSN: 00257818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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