Website quality indicators for consumers

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Griffiths, Kathleen M ^a   Christensen, Helen ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Consumer participation; Depressive disorder; Evaluation studies; Medical informatics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; QUALITY CONTROL; SATISFACTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 29144523121     PISSN: 14388871     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.7.5.e55     Document Type: Article

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