Variability in interpretation of chest radiographs among Russian clinicians and implications for screening programmes: Observational study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 331, Issue 7513, 2005, Pages 379-382

  Balabanova, Y ^a   Coker, R ^d   Fedorin, I ^b   Zakharova, S ^b   Plavinskij, S ^c   Krukov, N ^d   Atun, R ^d   Drobniewski, F ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Samara Regional Tuberculosis Service   (Russian Federation)

^c St Petersburg Medical Academy for Postgraduate Studies   (Russian Federation)

^d St Petersburg Academy for Postgraduate Sciences ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RATING SCALE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCREENING; SCREENING TEST; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 23844453051     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.379     Document Type: Article

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