Surfing for back pain patients: The nature and quality of back pain information on the internet

Spine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 545-557

  Li, Linda ^a,b   Irvin, Emma ^c   Guzmán, Jaime ^c,d   Bombardier, Claire ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Back pain; Internet; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BACKACHE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPORT;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; INTERNET; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0035282513     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200103010-00020     Document Type: Review

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