Internet and information on breast cancer: An overview

Breast

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 424-431

  Santoro, E ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Clinical trial registries; Internet; Medical journals; Website

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; ONCOLOGY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0346258227     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9776(03)00148-6     Document Type: Article

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