Data Mining and Infection Control

Clinics in Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 119-126

  Brossette, Stephen E ^a   Hymel Jr , Patrick A ^a  

^a MedMined Services Cardinal Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DATA MINING; INFECTION CONTROL; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CROSS INFECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED;

EID: 37849044613     PISSN: 02722712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cll.2007.10.007     Document Type: Review

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