Fighting cancer in the information age: The role of Internet

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 189-200

  Pal, Sanjoy Kumar ^a   Pandey, G S ^a   Kesari, A ^a   Choudhuri, G ^a   Mittal, Balraj ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE; INTERNET; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS;

ONCOLOGY;

GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 0037333473     PISSN: 00195189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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