User preference as quality markers paediatric web sites

Medical Informatics and the Internet in Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 183-194

  Hernández Borges, Angel A ^a,b   Macías Cervi, Pablo ^a   Gaspar Guardado, Asunción ^a   Torres Álvarez De Arcaya, María Luisa ^a   Ruíz Rabaza, Ana ^a   Jiménez Sosa, Alejandro ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Information services; Internet; Medical information quality markers; Webometrics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; FOLLOW UP; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; ONLINE SYSTEM; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIVACY; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE;

CHILD; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTERNET; PEDIATRICS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SPAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0345689364     PISSN: 14639238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14639230310001613467     Document Type: Article

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