Biomedical Informatics Applications for Asthma Care: A Systematic Review

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 418-427

  Sanders, David L ^a   Aronsky, Dominik ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; METHODOLOGY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ASTHMA; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 33745357721     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M2039     Document Type: Review

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