Can we trust cancer information on the Internet? - A comparison of interactive cancer risk sites

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 765-772

  Ekman, Alexandra ^a   Hall, Per ^a   Litton, Jan Eric ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cancer risk; Internet; Quality; Risk estimates; Trust

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; COLON CANCER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNET; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

HUMANS; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 23444434400     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-005-1722-3     Document Type: Article

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