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Methods Inf Med 2010; 49(06): 547-549
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1625365
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Toward Effective Concept Representation in Decision Support to Improve Patient Safety

T. Y. Leong
1   Medical Computing Laboratory, School of Computing, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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20 January 2018 (online)

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