How lincs were made: Alignment and exclusion in american medical informatics

Information Society

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 187-199

  Duncker, Elke ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Information systems; Information technology; Medical informatics; Multiple alignment processes; Sociotechnical networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034215080     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972240050133643     Document Type: Article

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