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Methods Inf Med 1989; 28(03): 123-125
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1635561
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The Strained Quality of Medical Data

M. A. Musen
1   Section on Medical Informatics, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford CA, USA.
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14 February 2018 (online)

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