MedlinePlus®: Key resource for both health consumers and health professionals

Online Journal of Issues in Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Schloman, Barbara F ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer health information; Internet; MedlinePlus; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDLINE; NOMENCLATURE; REVIEW; ARTICLE; HEALTH EDUCATION; LIBRARY; UNITED STATES;

CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERNET; MEDLINEPLUS; NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE (U.S.); UNITED STATES;

EID: 33744941835     PISSN: 10913734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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