It's all relative: Usage of relative temporal expressions in triage notes

Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting

Volumn 45, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Sullivan, Tessa ^a   Irvine, Ann ^a   Haas, Stephanie W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 71949090108     PISSN: 15508390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/meet.2008.1450450278     Document Type: Conference Paper

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