The radiographic categorization of coal workers' pneumoconiosis by lay readers |
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| Authors: | W L Peters R B Reger W K Morgan |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Appalachian Laboratory for Occupational Respiratory Diseases, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U. S. Public Health Service, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505 USA;2. Department of Medicine, Medical Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505 USA |
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An investigation was carried out to show whether lay readers could be trained to interpret chest radiographs for coal workers' pneumoconiosis. It was shown, first, that lay readers can be trained for this purpose, and second, that they are no more prone to interobserver variation than are physicians. Once again, the extent of the interobserver variation among experienced readers in the categorization of the films for coal workers' pneumoconiosis was shown to be greater than is commonly realized. |
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