Supporting meningitis diagnosis amongst infants and children through the use of fuzzy cognitive mapping

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Mago, Vijay K ^a   Mehta, Ravinder ^b   Woolrych, Ryan ^a   Papageorgiou, Elpiniki I ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Mehta Child Care Centre   (India)

^c TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LAMIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FUZZY LOGIC; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFANT; KNOWLEDGE BASE; MENINGITIS; METHODOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL CLASS; STANDARD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; INFANT; KNOWLEDGE BASES; MENINGITIS; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84865660018     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-12-98     Document Type: Article

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