Standardized interpretation of paediatric chest radiographs for the diagnosis of pneumonia in epidemiological studies

• Main Authors: Thomas Cherian (Author), E. Kim Mulholland (Author), John B. Carlin (Author), Harald Ostensen (Author), Ruhul Amin (Author), Margaret de Campo (Author), David Greenberg (Author), Rosanna Lagos (Author), Marilla Lucero (Author), Shabir A. Madhi (Author), Katherine L. O'Brien (Author), Steven Obaro (Author), Mark C. Steinhoff (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2005-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Although radiological pneumonia is used as an outcome measure in epidemiological studies, there is considerable variability in the interpretation of chest radiographs. A standardized method for identifying radiological pneumonia would facilitate comparison of the results of vaccine trial...