The semantics of procedures and diseases in SNOMED® CT

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 354-358

  Schulz, Stefan ^a,d   Hanser, S ^a   Hahn, U ^b   Rogers, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Knowledge representation; Logic; SNOMED CT

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE; LOGIC; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MODEL; NOMENCLATURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 33747872799     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1634088     Document Type: Article

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