Bridging the Language Gap in Patient Portals: An Evaluation of Google Translate

Overview

Journal J Gen Intern Med

Publisher Springer

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2020 Feb 21

PMID 32076978

Citations 4

Authors

Jorge A Rodriguez

Alan Fossa

Rebecca Mishuris

Brian Herrick

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