Filling a void: Thyroid cancer surgery information on the internet

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1185-1191

  Yeo, Heather ^a   Roman, Sanziana ^a   Air, Mamie ^a   Maser, Christina ^b   Trapasso, Tara ^a   Kinder, Barbara ^a   Sosa, Julie Ann ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONVALESCENCE; DELPHI STUDY; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; INTERNET; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LARYNGEAL NERVE; LYMPHADENECTOMY; NERVE INJURY; OPERATION DURATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDENT T TEST; SURGEON; THYROID CANCER; TREATMENT INDICATION;

DECISION MAKING; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITY CONTROL; THYROID NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447097197     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-007-9010-x     Document Type: Article

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