Collaboration by use of the internet yields data of high quality and detects non-uniform management of patients with Helicobacter pylori infection

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1466-1470

  Farup, Per G ^a,b,c   Skar, V ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Diakonale Hospital   (Norway)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Clinical medicine; Controlled clinical trials; Health care; Helicobacter pylori; Internet; Medical informatics; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ANTIULCER AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEPTIC ULCER; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CLINICAL TRIALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0036928581     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655202762671378     Document Type: Article

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