Internet use by colorectal surgery patients: A surgeon's tool for education and marketing

American Surgeon

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 553-558

  Lake, Jeffrey P ^a   Ortega, Adrian ^a   Vukasin, Petar ^a   Kaiser, Andreas M ^a   Kaufman, Howard S ^a   Beart Jr , Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLON DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM DISEASE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLONIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECTAL DISEASES;

EID: 3142767762     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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