Descriptions of Web Sites in Search Listings: A Potential Obstacle to Informed Choice of Health Information

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1281-1282

  Slater, Michael D ^a   Zimmerman, Donald E ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIABILITY; ADVERTIZING; BIBLIOMETRICS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH EDUCATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADVERTISING; BIBLIOMETRICS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042384885     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.8.1281     Document Type: Article

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