Advice from a medical expert through the internet on queries about AIDS and hepatitis: Analysis of a pilot experiment

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1041-1047

  Marco, Javier ^a   Barba, Raquel ^b   Losa, Juan E ^b   De La Serna, Carlos Martínez ^c   Sainz, María ^c   Fernández Lantigua, Isabel ^c   De La Serna, Jose Luis ^c  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN ALCORCÓN   (Spain)

^c NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; E-MAIL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERNET; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CONSULTATION; COUNSELING; EXPERT WITNESS; HEALTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LANGUAGE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SPAIN; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONSULTANTS; COUNSELING; ELECTRONIC MAIL; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; LANGUAGE; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PILOT PROJECTS; SPAIN; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33746429106     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030256     Document Type: Article

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