Gaps in the systematic reviews of the telemedicine field

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 414-416

  Bahaadinbeigy, Kambiz ^a   Yogesan, Kanagasingam ^b   Wootton, Richard ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Norwegian Centre for Integrated Care and Telemedicine   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; TELEMEDICINE;

HUMANS; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 78149240686     PISSN: 1357633X     EISSN: 17581109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jtt.2010.100505     Document Type: Article

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