Usage analysis of a primary care medical resource on the internet

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 581-588

  Graber, Mark A ^a   D'Alessandro, Donna M ^b   D'Alessandro, Michael P ^a   Bergus, George R ^a   Levy, Barcey ^a   Ostrem, Steven F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital information resources; Digital libraries; Medical education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INTERNET; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNOLOGY;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DIARRHEA; GOUT; HUMANS; HYPERMEDIA; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; LOW BACK PAIN; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; TEXTBOOKS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0031737045     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-4825(98)00035-3     Document Type: Article

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