The Internet for medical information about cancer: Help or hindrance?

Psychosomatics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 100-103

  Matthews, Scott C ^a,b   Camacho, Alvaro ^a   Mills, Paul J ^a   Dimsdale, Joel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBLICA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; SELENIUM;

ACCURACY; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANCER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; SAFETY; SCREENING;

EID: 0037370662     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psy.44.2.100     Document Type: Article

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