A portal to validated websites on cosmetic surgery: The design of an archetype

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 350-352

  Parikh, A R ^a,b   Kok, K ^a   Redfern, B ^a   Clarke, A ^a   Withey, S ^a   Butler, P E M ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cosmetic surgery; Internet; Patient information

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ESTHETIC SURGERY; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; VALIDATION STUDY;

INTERNET; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33748281961     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000216244.81900.3b     Document Type: Article

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