Computers: Transcending our limits?

BMJ

Volumn 334, Issue , 2007, Pages s8-

  Jadad, Alejandro R ^a   Enkin, Murray W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EVOLUTION; HISTORY; HUMAN; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CULTURAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; MEDICAL RECORD; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TECHNOLOGY; WELLBEING;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; COMPUTERS; EVOLUTION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33846470403     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39038.663970.94     Document Type: Article

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