Longitudinal Research Using Computerized Clinical Databases: Caveats and Constraints

Nursing Research

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 353-355

  Wuerker, Anne K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; NURSING RESEARCH;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; NURSING RESEARCH;

EID: 0031265538     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-199711000-00011     Document Type: Article

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