Evaluating internet end-to-end performance: Overview of test methodology and results

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 528-545

  Wood, Fred B ^a   Cid, Victor H ^a   Siegel, Elliot R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER NETWORK; DATA BASE; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION;

EID: 0031744110     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.1998.0050528     Document Type: Article

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