A prospective observational study of machine translation software to overcome the challenge of including ethnic diversity in healthcare research

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Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 14-23

  Taylor, Rachel M ^a,b   Crichton, Nicola ^a   Moult, Beki ^c   Gibson, Faith ^a,c  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Consent; Outcomes; Translation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989866338     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20541058     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nop2.13     Document Type: Article

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