An assessment of inter-observer agreement and accuracy when reporting plain radiographs

Brain and Language

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 235-238

  Tudor, G R ^a   Finlay, D ^a   Taub, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGIST; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME;

EID: 23744506244     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0009-9260(97)80280-2     Document Type: Article

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