Barriers and enablers to the acceptance of bioinformatics tools: A qualitative study

Journal of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 454-458

  Shachak, Aviv ^a,b   Shuval, Kerem ^c   Fine, Sara ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; HUMAN; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TEACHER;

ADULT; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SOFTWARE;

EID: 36148941653     PISSN: 15365050     EISSN: 15589439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3163/1536-5050.95.4.454     Document Type: Article

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