The history of information infrastructures: The case of the International Classification of Diseases

Information Processing and Management

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-61

  Bowker, Geoffrey C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 0003173436     PISSN: 03064573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4573(95)00049-M     Document Type: Article

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