JAMDA
Volume 7, Issue 7 , Pages 416-419 , September 2006

Interobserver Reliability of Radiologists’ Interpretations of Mobile Chest Radiographs for Nursing Home–Acquired Pneumonia

  • Mark B. Loeb, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Mark Loeb, MD, MSc, McMaster University, MDCL 3200, 1200 Main Street W., Hamilton, ON, L8N 3Z5 Canada.
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  • Soo B. Chan Carusone, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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  • Tom J. Marrie, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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  • Kevin Brazil, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    • St Joseph’s Health System Research Network, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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  • Paul Krueger, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    • St Joseph’s Health System Research Network, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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  • Lynne Lohfeld, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    • Program for Educational Research and Development, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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  • Andrew E. Simor, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, Sunnybrook and Women’s College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Stephen D. Walter, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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 This study was supported by an Interdisciplinary Health Research Team grant from the Canadian Institute of Health Research.

PII: S1525-8610(06)00124-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2006.02.004

JAMDA
Volume 7, Issue 7 , Pages 416-419 , September 2006

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