Critical factors for assessing service quality of online pharmacies: A research framework

International Journal of Electronic Healthcare

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 398-414

  Lin, Binshan ^a   Hsieh, Chang Tseh ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet; Marketing intelligence; Online pharmacy; Service quality

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER; CONTENT ANALYSIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ONLINE SYSTEM; PHARMACY; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; TIME; TRUST;

EID: 33748283316     PISSN: 17418453     EISSN: 17418461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijeh.2006.010428     Document Type: Review

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