Variability in interpretation among B-readers in the U.S. Navy Asbestos Medical Surveillance Program.

JG, Muller; JM, Lieske; JE, Hernandez; G, Kubiak; WG, Rudolph; MH, Jan

doi:10.7205/milmed.173.4.375

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Variability in interpretation among B-readers in the U.S. Navy Asbestos Medical Surveillance Program.

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Authors:

Muller JG

Lieske JM

Hernandez JE

Abstract

U.S. Navy Asbestos Medical Surveillance Program B-reading reports were analyzed for variability in identifying pneumoconiosis in 278,944 chest radiographs done from 1990 to 2004 using commercial database and statistical software. Reported presence of pneumoconiosis by 33 B-readers ranged from 1.85 t...

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