Accessibility compliance rates of consumer-oriented Canadian health care Web sites

Medical Informatics and the Internet in Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 287-295

  O'Grady, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Assistive technology; Bobby ; Canada; Consumer; Health; Isability; Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI); Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG); World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVICE; CANADA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CANADA; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; HUMANS; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS;

EID: 33644995028     PISSN: 14639238     EISSN: 14645246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14639230500367746     Document Type: Article

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