Clinical data mining and research in the allergy office

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 171-177

  Dalan, Dan ^a  

^a American Academy of Allergy   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy clinic research; Data mining; Informatics; Knowledge management; Semantic web

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGY; AUTOMATION; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOMEDICINE; COMPUTER LANGUAGE; DATA BASE; DATA MINING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE BASE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; REVIEW;

ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DATA MINING; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING; SEMANTICS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 77951826172     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: 14736322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACI.0b013e328337bce6     Document Type: Review

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