The Informatics Challenges Facing Biobanks: A Perspective from a United Kingdom Biobanking Network

Biopreservation and Biobanking

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 363-370

  Quinlan, Philip R ^a,b,c   Groves, Martin ^a   Jordan, Lee B ^d   Stobart, Hilary ^e   Purdie, Colin A ^d   Thompson, Alastair M ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d NHS TAYSIDE   (United Kingdom)

^e Independent Cancer Patients' Voice   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOBANK; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; COMPUTER INTERFACE; GREAT BRITAIN; MEDICAL RESEARCH;

BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFORMATICS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84945287720     PISSN: 19475535     EISSN: 19475543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bio.2014.0099     Document Type: Review

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