Quality of medical information about menorrhagia on the worldwide web

British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-43

  Latthe, Pallavi M ^a   Latthe, Manish ^b   Khan, Khalid S ^c  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH WARWICKSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENORRHAGIA; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MENORRHAGIA;

EID: 0033989524     PISSN: 03065456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2000.tb11577.x     Document Type: Article

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