A reliable method to retrieve Accident and Emergency data stored on a free-text basis

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 61-66

  Premaratne, U N ^a   Marks, G B ^a   Austin, E J ^b   Burney, P G J ^b  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LEWISHAM AND GREENWICH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREATHING; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; WHEEZING;

EID: 0031029367     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-6111(97)90069-X     Document Type: Article

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