Quantitative assessment of the benefits of specific information technologies applied to clinical studies in developing countries

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 311-315

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Sustainable Sciences Institute   (Nicaragua)

^c Ministerio de Salud   (Nicaragua)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DENGUE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; NICARAGUA; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STANDARD; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DERMATOGLYPHICS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROCOMPUTER; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; COHORT STUDIES; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DENGUE; DERMATOGLYPHICS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; NICARAGUA; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 41249089508     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.78.311     Document Type: Article

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