The research in semantics behind the OpenLabs coding system

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 169-185

  De Moor, Georges ^a   Fiers, Tom ^a   Wieme, Roger ^a   Scott, Peter ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b SELLY OAK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical pathology; EDI; Standad coding systems

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL LABORATORIES; COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; MEDICAL COMPUTING; USER INTERFACES;

CLINICAL PATHOLOGY; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; MEDICAL LABORATORY USERS; MULTILINGUAL EUROPEAN SYSTEM; OPENLABS CODING SYSTEM;

ENCODING (SYMBOLS);

CLINICAL LABORATORY; INFORMATION SYSTEM; REVIEW;

EID: 0030198830     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-2607(96)01745-Q     Document Type: Article

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