Mining electronic health records: towards better research applications and clinical care

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Mining electronic health records : towards better research applications and clinical care. / Jensen, Peter B; Jensen, Lars J; Brunak, Søren.

In: Nature Reviews. Genetics, Vol. 13, No. 6, 2012, p. 395-405.

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Jensen, PB, Jensen, LJ & Brunak, S 2012, 'Mining electronic health records: towards better research applications and clinical care', Nature Reviews. Genetics, vol. 13, no. 6, pp. 395-405. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrg3208

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Jensen, P. B., Jensen, L. J., & Brunak, S. (2012). Mining electronic health records: towards better research applications and clinical care. Nature Reviews. Genetics, 13(6), 395-405. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrg3208

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Jensen PB, Jensen LJ, Brunak S. Mining electronic health records: towards better research applications and clinical care. Nature Reviews. Genetics. 2012;13(6):395-405. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrg3208

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Jensen, Peter B ; Jensen, Lars J ; Brunak, Søren. / Mining electronic health records : towards better research applications and clinical care. In: Nature Reviews. Genetics. 2012 ; Vol. 13, No. 6. pp. 395-405.

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