Surfing for scoliosis: The quality of information available on the internet

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 2695-2700

  Mathur, Sameer ^a   Shanti, Nael ^a   Brkaric, Mario ^a,b   Sood, Vivek ^a   Kubeck, Justin ^a   Paulino, Carl ^a   Merola, Andrew A ^a  

^a SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet; Patient education; Scoliosis; Search engines

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; INTERNET; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SCOLIOSIS;

EID: 28844494382     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000188266.22041.c2     Document Type: Article

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