Interobserver agreement in the radiological diagnosis of lower respiratory tract infections in children;Concordância no diagnóstico radiológico das infecções respiratórias agudas baixas em crianças

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 497-503

  Sarria, Edgar ^a,d   Fischer, Gilberto B ^a   Lima, João A B ^b   Menna Barreto, Sergio S ^c   Flôres, José A M ^b   Sukiennik, Ricardo ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chest x ray; Diagnosis; Lower respiratory infections; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDIATRICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULMONOLOGY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 1642501605     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/JPED.1109     Document Type: Article

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