A model for database design.
Computerized databases can facilitate several types of occupational therapy research. The value and usefulness of any database, however, is dependent on how well it has been designed. In this paper, a systematic, sequential-process model for the development of a computerized database is introduced....
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Occupational Therapy Vol. 45; no. 9; pp. 827 - 833 |
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| Formato: | tables/charts Journal Article |
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American Occupational Therapy Association
Sep1991
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