All health is local: Go local Massachusetts helps consumers locate health care services close to home

Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1-14

  Gore, Sally ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer health information; Go Local Massachusetts; Health care providers; Health care services; Information and referral; Massachusetts; MedlinePlus; Web based directories

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751521637     PISSN: 15398285     EISSN: 15398293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J381v10n04_01     Document Type: Article

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