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The Health Problem and Tools for the Computer

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Defining the health problems of a person has been a growing concern for health care during the last few years.

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  1. Bent Guttorm Bentsen
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Community Health, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK

    Michael Sheldon

  2. Digital Equipment Co Ltd, Reading, UK

    John Brooke

  3. Medical Computation Unit, Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK

    Alan Rector

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Bentsen, B.G. (1985). The Health Problem and Tools for the Computer. In: Sheldon, M., Brooke, J., Rector, A. (eds) Decision-Making in General Practice. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-07159-3_21

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