Automatic detecting indicators for quality of health information on the Web

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 575-582

  Wang, Yunli ^a   Liu, Zhenkai ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health education standards; Information services standards; Internet; Quality control; Software

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; HEALTH CARE; INTERNET; ONLINE SEARCHING; QUALITY CONTROL; WEBSITES;

AUTOMATIC INDICATOR DETECTION TOOL (AIDT); HEALTH EDUCATION STANDARDS; INFORMATION SERVICES STANDARDS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS;

INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEB BROWSER;

AUTOMATION; HEALTH; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET;

EID: 34249887647     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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