A laboratory test expert system for clinical diagnosis support in primary health care

Applied Sciences (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 222-240

  Fernandez Millan, Rodrigo ^a   Medina Merodio, Jose Amelio ^a   Plata, Roberto Barchino ^a   Martinez Herraiz, Jose Javier ^a   Gutierrez Martinez, Jose Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clinician; Expert system; Framework; Laboratory test; Primary health care; Rule based

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996762436     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20763417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/app5030222     Document Type: Article

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