International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 75, Issue 5 , Pages 384-395 , May 2006

Qualitative assessment of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health with respect to the desiderata for controlled medical vocabularies

  • Michael E. Bales

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    • ,
  • Rita Kukafka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    • Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Vanderbilt Clinic, 5th Floor, 622 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA. Tel.: +1 212 305 9193; fax: +1 212 305 3702.
    • ,
  • Ann Burkhardt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Occupational Therapy, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Carol Friedman

      Affiliations

    • Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

Received 23 November 2004 ,Revised 25 May 2005 ,Accepted 17 July 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2005.07.026

International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 75, Issue 5 , Pages 384-395 , May 2006

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