A decade devoted to improving online health information quality

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 116, Issue , 2005, Pages 891-896

  Boyer, Celia ^a   Geissbuhler, Antoine ^a,b  

^a Health on the Net Foundation   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Credibility; Medical information; Medical internet; Quality; Trustworthiness

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; IMAGE QUALITY; SEMANTICS;

CREDIBILITY; HEALTH INFORMATIONS; INFORMATION PRODUCTION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ON-LINE INFORMATION; ONLINE HEALTH INFORMATION; SEMANTIC SEARCH TECHNOLOGIES; TRUSTWORTHINESS;

HEALTH;

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; PUBLISHING; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HUMANS; INTERNET; PUBLISHING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33947649986     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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