Reformulation of Consumer Health Queries with Professional Terminology: A Pilot Study
| Year of publication: |
2004-09-03
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| Authors: | Plovnick, Robert M ; Zeng, Qing T |
| Publisher: |
Gunther Eysenbach; Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, Toronto, Canada |
| Subject: | Original Paper | Information retrieval | consumer informatics | Internet |
| Type of publication: | Other |
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| Language: | English |
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| Other identifiers: | 10.2196/jmir.6.3.e27 [DOI] |
| Source: | BASE |
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