Creation of a national resource with linked genealogy and phenotypic data: The Veterans Genealogy Project

Genetics in Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 541-547

  Cannon Albright, Lisa A ^a,b   Dintelman, Sue ^c   Maness, Tim ^c   Backus, Steve ^a   Thomas, Alun ^a   Meyer, Laurence J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Pleiades Software Development Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

electronic medical record; genealogy; record linking; veterans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; GENEALOGY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERNET; PHENOTYPE; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

EID: 84880540521     PISSN: 10983600     EISSN: 15300366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/gim.2012.171     Document Type: Article

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