Factors driving the increase in medical information on the web - One american perspective

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 32-41

  Sieving, Pamela C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERNET; LIBRARY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICARE; PATIENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 3242788700     PISSN: 14388871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.1.1.e3     Document Type: Review

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