In defense of the Desiderata

Journal of Biomedical Informatics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 299-306

  Cimino, James J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Controlled terminology; Medical knowledge representation; Ontology; Philosophy

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

CONTROLLED TERMINOLOGY; DESIDERATA; ONTOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; DIGOXIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; THEOPHYLLINE; VERAPAMIL;

ARTICLE; CODING; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; SYSTEMATIZED NOMENCLATURE OF MEDICINE;

BIOLOGY; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS COMPUTING; PHILOSOPHY; SYSTEMATIZED NOMENCLATURE OF MEDICINE; TERMINOLOGY; VOCABULARY, CONTROLLED;

EID: 33646271106     PISSN: 15320464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2005.11.008     Document Type: Article

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