Evaluation of the World Health Organization criteria for chest radiographs for pneumonia diagnosis in children

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 369-374

  Ben Shimol, Shalom ^a   Dagan, Ron ^a   Givon Lavi, Noga ^a   Tal, Asher ^b   Aviram, Micha ^b   Bar Ziv, Jacob ^c   Zodicov, Vadim ^b   Greenberg, David ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chest radiographs; Community acquired pneumonia; Pneumonia diagnosis; World Health Organization (WHO)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDIATRICIAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84857036314     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-011-1543-1     Document Type: Article

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