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ID (ISN) del documento61836
Número CIS 94-549
ISSN - Título de la serie 1775-8785 - Archives des maladies professionnelles
Año 1991
Número de serie
Autor(es) Caillier J., Bruant A., Mahieu B., Paris J.M., Zitter M., Cervantes P., Bertrand J.P., Pham Q.T.
Título Sample selection using a study of inter-observer agreement: Application to coalworkers suspected of pneumoconiosis
Título original Constitution d'un échantillon de sujets à l'aide d'une étude de concordance inter-observateurs - Application à des mineurs suspects de pneumoconioses [en francés]
Información bibliográfica 1991, Vol.52, No.8, p.541-547. 24 ref.
Resumen A study of inter-observer agreement was conducted in order to obtain a sample of 80 coalminers in whom chest radiographs showed signs of pneumoconiosis. A total of 264 chest radiographs of coalworkers, classified as ILO category 1/1 or less for small combined opacities was submitted to interpretation by four independent readers. The Kappa coefficient among the readers was 0.35±0.02. Three readers classified 198 slides in the same category, which was called the majority opinion. Slides included in the sample were those classified as suspect by at least three readers and by readers that were the most in agreement on the suspect category with the majority opinion.
Descriptores (primarios) Francia; neumoconiosis; mineria del carbón; neumoconiosis de los hulleros; interpretación de radiografías; documentación de seguridad y salud; radiografía de tórax
Descriptores (secundarios) OIT; diagnostico; valoración de los resultados; pruebas funcionales respiratorias; valoración estadística; estudio comparado; sistemas de clasificación; radiología; opacidades; clasificaciones radiológicas; control radiográfico
Tipo de documento D - Artículos periódicos
País / Estado o ProvinciaFrancia
Tema(s) Patología profesional
Broad subject area(s) Medicina del trabajo, epidemiología
Navegación por categoria(s) Neumoconiosis
Mining and quarrying
Safety and health information