Quality of arthritis information on the Internet

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1184-1189

  Ansani, Nicole T ^a,b   Vogt, Molly ^c   Henderson, Bethany A Fedutes ^d   McKaveney, Theresa P ^e   Weber, Robert J ^e,f   Smith, Randall B ^e   Burda, Michelle ^g   Kwoh, C Kent ^c   Osial, Thaddeus A ^c   Starz, Terence ^c  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c School of Medicine

^d Rite Aid   (United States)

^e Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya   (India)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g Health Sciences Library System   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Comprehension; Computers; Internet; Quality assurance; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROMOTION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY;

EID: 21144457067     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajhp/62.11.1184     Document Type: Article

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