Quality of health information about depression on internet

BMJ

Volumn 322, Issue 7298, 2001, Pages 1366-

  Tomlin, André ^a   Lee Dearness, Karin ^a   Geddes, John ^a   Darmoni, S J ^b   Haugh, M C ^c   Lukacs, B ^d   Boissel, J P ^e   Griffiths, Kathleen M ^f   Christensen, Helen ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c CENTRE LÉON BÉRARD   (France)

^d HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^e Faculté RTH Lannec   (France)

^f AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPRESSION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INTERNET; LETTER; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DEPRESSION; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET;

EID: 0035796034     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1366     Document Type: Letter

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