A web site on lung cancer: Who are the users and what are they looking for?

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 813-818

  Linssen, Cilia ^a   Schook, Romane M ^b   The, Anne Mei ^b   Lammers, Ernst ^c   Festen, Jan ^a   Postmus, Pieter E ^b  

^a Longkanker Informatiecentrum   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Gelre Ziekenhuizen ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Internet; Lung cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAREGIVER; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NETHERLANDS; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SATISFACTION;

HUMANS; INTERNET; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PULMONARY DISEASE (SPECIALTY); QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34548445836     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e31811f472a     Document Type: Article

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