Modeling cancer registration processes with an enhanced activity diagram

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-13

  Lyalin, David ^a   Williams, W ^b  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Organizational models; Population surveillance; Public health informatics; Unified modeling language (UML)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 16244385596     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1633917     Document Type: Article

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