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Ontology-supported clinical profiling for the evaluation of obesity and related comorbidities.

Authors :
Scala PL
Di Pasquale D
Tresoldi D
Lafortuna CL
Rizzo G
Padula M
Source :
Studies in health technology and informatics [Stud Health Technol Inform] 2012; Vol. 180, pp. 1025-9.
Publication Year :
2012

Abstract

An ontology-supported e-knowledge base aimed to the evaluation of obesity and related co-morbidities is presented. The main goal of such a clinical profiling tool is to help determine the health status of a subject, supporting the knowledge transfer between medical researchers and general practitioners.

Subjects

Subjects :
Humans
Decision Support Systems, Clinical
Decision Support Techniques
Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted methods
Obesity diagnosis
Obesity epidemiology

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0926-9630
Volume :
180
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Studies in health technology and informatics
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
22874349

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