Use of the Internet for health information by physicians for patient care in a teaching hospital in Ibadan, Nigeria

Biomedical Digital Libraries

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ajuwon, Grace A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NIGERIA; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 33846600441     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17425581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-5581-3-12     Document Type: Article

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