The internet as a research tool: Worth the price of admission?

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 251-256

  Lenert, Leslie ^a   Skoczen, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; PATIENT SELECTION; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0036428525     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15324796ABM2404_01     Document Type: Article

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