Issues in the development of a thesaurus for patients' Chief Complaints in the Emergency Department

Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting

Volumn 41, Issue , 2004, Pages 411-417

  Haas, Stephanie W ^a   Travers, Debbie A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 33751252887     PISSN: 15508390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/meet.1450410148     Document Type: Conference Paper

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