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Yearb Med Inform 1999; 08(01): 103-106
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1637915
Commentary
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart

A Comment on the Help-System: A Program for Medical Decision Making from the Early 1970s

Reflections on H. Warner et al.'s paper: HELP – A Program for Medical Decision-Making
D. Kalsson
1   Medical Informatics, Linköping University, sweden
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H. Åhlfeldt
1   Medical Informatics, Linköping University, sweden
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