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Methods Inf Med 1996; 35(03): 197-200
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1634665
Editorial Commentary
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Medical Informatics, Artefacts or Science?

J. Wyatt
1   Imperial Cancer Research Fund Medical Statistics Group, Institute of Health Sciences, Oxford, UK
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