An object-oriented taxonomy of medical data presentations

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-20

  Starren, Justin ^a,b   Johnson, Stefhen B ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER; MEDICAL RECORD; NOMENCLATURE; REVIEW; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0033987449     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.2000.0070001     Document Type: Review

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