Ophthalmology on the Internet: What Do Our Patients Find?

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 380-382

  Kahana, Alon ^a   Gottlieb, Justin L ^a,b  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTERNET; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; REVIEW;

COMMERCE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MACULAR DEGENERATION; OPHTHALMOLOGY; ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT; PATIENT EDUCATION;

EID: 1542318227     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.122.3.380     Document Type: Review

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