Evaluation of eHealth web sites for patients with chronic kidney disease

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-76

  Jaffery, Jonathan B ^a,b   Becker, Bryan N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic kidney disease (CKD); education; eHealth; Internet; patient education; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; INTERNET; PATIENT EDUCATION;

ADULT; ADVERTISING; AUTHORSHIP; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPREHENSION; CONFIDENTIALITY; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; KIDNEY DISEASES; PATIENT EDUCATION; RESEARCH SUPPORT; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 3042816309     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2004.03.025     Document Type: Article

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