Quality of health information on the web: Where are we now?

Online Journal of Issues in Nursing

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 129-139

  Schloman, Barbara F ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation criteria; Health information; Internet; Quality; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER; HEALTH EDUCATION; INTERNET; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; QUACKERY; QUALITY CONTROL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3042743584     PISSN: 10913734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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