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Computers and Patient Information Systems

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Computer hardware and software have become part and parcel of our daily lives. Machines are available throughout the world, and there are application programs in virtually every field of human endeavour.

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Dooms-Goossens, A., Dooms, M., Drieghe, J. (1995). Computers and Patient Information Systems. In: Rycroft, R.J.G., Menné, T., Frosch, P.J. (eds) Textbook of Contact Dermatitis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03104-9_36

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