Development, analysis, refinement, and utility of an interdisciplinary amyotrophic lateral sclerosis database

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Disorders

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 39-46

  Dal Bello Haas, Vanina ^a   Andrews Hinders, Doreen ^a   Richer, Cathy Balsdon ^a   Blakely Adams, Carmen ^a   Hanson, Joan ^a   Hammel, Jeff ^a   Kelly, Daniel ^a   Kloos, Anne ^a   Pioro, Erik P ^a   Powazki, Ruth D ^a   Wheeler, Terese ^a   Mitsumoto, Hiroshi ^a,b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Database; Development; Interdisciplinary; Utility

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EVALUATION; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; DATABASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SOFTWARE;

EID: 79961066582     PISSN: 14660822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/146608201300079409     Document Type: Article

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