Teaching chest X-ray reading for child tuberculosis suspects

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Seddon, James A ^a,b   Padayachee, T ^c   Du Plessis, A M ^d   Goussard, P ^d   Schaaf, H S ^a,d   Lombard, C ^c   Gie, R P ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Childhood; Paediatric; TB; Teaching; X ray

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEST X RAY READING; CHILD; CHILD TUBERCULOSIS; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC CATEGORY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REPORTING AND RECORDING FORM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; STAFF TRAINING; STANDARDIZATION; STUDY DESIGN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84903440784     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.13.0892     Document Type: Article

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