Computer-Aided Decision Support: In Praise of Level Playing Fields

F. T. de Dombal

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1635007

Methods of Information in Medicine, Table of Contents

Methods Inf Med 1994; 33(02): 161-163
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1635007

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Computer-Aided Decision Support: In Praise of Level Playing Fields

F. T. de Dombal

¹Clinical Information Science Unit, University of Leeds, Leeds, England

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