Tools for immunization guideline knowledge maintenance I. Automated generation of the logic 'kernel' for immunization forecasting

Computers and Biomedical Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 172-189

  Miller, Perry L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ACCURACY; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FORECASTING; HEALTH PROMOTION; IMMUNIZATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031777515     PISSN: 00104809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cbmr.1998.1472     Document Type: Article

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