Quality-of-Life Research on the Internet: Feasibility and Potential Biases in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 426-435

  Soetikno, Roy M ^a   Mrad, Ramzi ^a   Pao, Victoria ^a   Lenert, Leslie A ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MSOB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER NETWORK; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; DATA COLLECTION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0031278616     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.1997.0040426     Document Type: Article

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