Rapid access to information resources in clinical biochemistry: Medical applications of Personal Digital Assistants (PDA)

Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 117-122

  Serdar, Muhittin A ^a   Turan, Mustafa ^a   Cihan, Murat ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Medical software; Personal digital assistants (PDA)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT;

CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 47349119900     PISSN: 15918890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10238-008-0166-y     Document Type: Article

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