title: Ontology-supported clinical profiling for the evaluation of obesity and related comorbidities.
abstract: An ontology-supported e-knowledge base aimed to the evaluation of obesity and related co-morbidities is presented. The main goal of such a clinical profiling tool is to help determine the health status of a subject, supporting the knowledge transfer between medical researchers and general practitioners.
authors.affiliation: Istituto per le Tecnologie della Costruzione CNR, Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: Paolo L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Scala
authors.forename: Davide
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Di Pasquale
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tresoldi
authors.forename: Claudio L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Lafortuna
authors.forename: Giovanna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rizzo
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Padula
mesh_terms: D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*