Using the world wide web in health-related intervention research: A review of controlled trials

CIN - Computers Informatics Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 8-18

  Davis Kirsch, Sallie E ^a   Lewis, Frances M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trial review; Evaluation study; Internet based intervention; Nursing informatics; Web based intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744501120     PISSN: 15382931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00024665-200401000-00005     Document Type: Review

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