Specialized medical search-engines are no better than general search-engines in sourcing consumer information about androgen deficiency

Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 557-561

  Ilic, Dragan ^a   Bessell, T L ^a   Silagy, C A ^a   Green, S ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ADAM; Androgen deficiency; Internet; Quality of information

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

AGING; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ONLINE SYSTEM; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0037342944     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg154     Document Type: Article

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