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 to 32.28%. The reported presence of parenchymal abnormalities ranged from 0.11 to 15.07%; increased profusion (to 1/0 or greater) of small parenchymal opacities ranged from 0.10 to 17.70%; presence of large opacities ranged from 0.00 to 0.67%; and presence of pleural abnormalities ranged from 1.08 to 23.93%. Ranges appear to be decreasing slightly as rates of abnormal findings are diminishing. Differences between U.S. East Coast, West Coast, and midcontinent were not statistically significant.
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Authors | John G Muller, Jonathan M Lieske, Jose E Hernandez, Gosia Kubiak, W Garry Rudolph, Moore H Jan |
Journal | Military medicine
(Mil Med)
Vol. 173
Issue 4
Pg. 375-80
(Apr 2008)
ISSN: 0026-4075 [Print] England |
PMID | 18472628
(Publication Type: Evaluation Study, Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Asbestos
(toxicity)
- Databases as Topic
- Humans
- Military Personnel
- Naval Medicine
- Occupational Health
- Pneumoconiosis
(diagnostic imaging, epidemiology, etiology)
- Population Surveillance
- Radiography
- Risk Factors
- Time Factors
- United States
(epidemiology)
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