Integration of information technologies in clinical studies in Nicaragua

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1578-1583

  Avilés, William ^a   Ortega, Oscar ^a   Kuan, Guillermina ^b   Coloma, Josefina ^c   Harris, Eva ^c  

^a Sustainable Sciences Institute   (Nicaragua)

^b National Virology Laboratory   (Nicaragua)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEM; DENGUE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTEGRATION; INTERNET; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NICARAGUA; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW;

CALIFORNIA; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DATA COLLECTION; DENGUE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; NICARAGUA; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; RADIO; TELEPHONE; URBAN HEALTH; VIROLOGY;

EID: 35649025380     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040291     Document Type: Review

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