Managing attribute-value clinical trials data using the ACT/DB client- server database system

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 139-151

  Nadkarni, Prakash M ^a   Brandt, Cynthia ^a   Frawley, Sandra ^a   Sayward, Frederick G ^a   Einbinder, Robin ^a   Zelterman, Daniel ^b   Schacter, Lee ^b   Miller, Perry L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DATA BASE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; REVIEW;

EID: 0031897042     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.1998.0050139     Document Type: Review

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