The "middling" tendency.

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• Personal Author:
  Morgan WK ; Petersen, Martin R. ; Reger RD
• Description:
  A possible source of bias in the interpretation of chest films for pneumoconiosis is studied in the light of the UICC/ILO classification of pneumoconiosis into three subcategories. Theoretically, the percentage of subjects with the major categories of simple pneumoconiosis decreases with increasing category, and the percentage of subjects with each subcategory declines as one proceeds up the scale from 0/0 to 3/4. But in practice the phenomenon is not seen and more subjects are placed in the middle subcategories owing to the "middling" tendency. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Diagnosis Occupational Health Radiation Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety
• Keywords:
  Chest-x-rays Diagnostic-techniques NIOSH-Author Nosology Radiography Respiratory-system-disorders
• ISSN:
  0003-9896
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  ALFORD - Appalachian Laboratory for Occupational Respiratory Disease
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  334-337
• Volume:
  29
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00028201
• Citation:
  Arch Environ Health 1974 Dec; 29(6):334-337
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1975
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Archives of Environmental Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a4daa7506402860ac5a5b30590e4fee8ae5b00dac5ec1ff38f87df0dc09a5efe2a3ec375a7bc92c489ee0d0ccb2184d2280113b2df584776a48e71b72d515284
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/183927/cdc_183927_DS1.pdf
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