Cellular radio telecommunication for health care: Benefits and risks

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 479-481

  Sneiderman, Charles A ^a,b   Ackerman, Michael J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b MD 20894 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AUTOMATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOBILE PHONE; ORGANIZATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TECHNOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEPHONE TELEMETRY;

EID: 7044224868     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M1532     Document Type: Article

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