Indicators of accuracy of consumer health information on the Internet: A study of indicators relating to information for managing fever in children in the home

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 73-79

  Fallis, Don ^a   Frické, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CONSUMER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEVER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION;

EID: 0036178212     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.2002.0090073     Document Type: Article

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