Representing thoughts, words, and things in the UMLS

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 421-431

  Campbell, Keith E ^a,e   Oliver, Diane E ^a,d   Spackman, Kent A ^b,c   Shortliffe, Edward H ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Molecular Pathology Division   (United States)

^d VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER LANGUAGE; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; NOMENCLATURE; REVIEW; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0031664291     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.1998.0050421     Document Type: Review

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