Guiding Methods of Information in Medicine into the Next Generation: Welcome Note from the New Editor-in-Chief

S. Koch

doi:10.3414/ME15-03-0001

Methods of Information in Medicine, Table of Contents

Methods Inf Med 2016; 55(01): 1-3
DOI: 10.3414/ME15-03-0001

Editorial

Schattauer GmbH

Guiding Methods of Information in Medicine into the Next Generation: Welcome Note from the New Editor-in-Chief

Authors

S. Koch

¹Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Health Informatics Centre, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

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