Quality of Internet geriatric health information: The GeriatricWeb project

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 885-890

  Hajjar, Ihab ^a,b   Gable, Sarah A ^b   Jenkinson, Victor P ^b   Kane, Laura T ^b   Riley, Ruth A ^b  

^a Palmetto Health Richland   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Geriatrics; GeriatricWeb; Internet health information; Quality

Indexed keywords

GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; INTERNET; LIBRARY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEER REVIEW; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD;

HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

GERIATRICS; HETEROGENEOUS-NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; INTERNET; PEER REVIEW; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 20444505659     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53272.x     Document Type: Review

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