Supporting consumers by characterizing the quality of online health information: A multidimensional framework

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Civan, Andrea ^a   Pratt, Wanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE CONSUMERS; HEALTH INFORMATION; ONLINE HEALTH; QUALITY APPRAISAL;

INFORMATION USE; ONLINE SYSTEMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; WORLD WIDE WEB;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33748994398     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2006.443     Document Type: Conference Paper

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