Evaluation of WordNet as a source of lay knowledge for molecular biology and genetic diseases: A feasibility study

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 95, Issue , 2003, Pages 379-384

  Bodenreider, Olivier ^a   Burgun, Anita ^b   Mitchell, Joyce A ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer health information; Genetic diseases; Molecular biology; WordNet

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; BIOPHYSICS; GENES; MAPPING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; CELLULAR COMPONENTS; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; ELECTRONIC LEXICAL DATABASE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GENETIC DISEASE; MOLECULAR FUNCTION; WORDNET;

ONTOLOGY;

EID: 1542332887     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-939-4-379     Document Type: Conference Paper

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