A study of cancer information for cancer patients on the internet

International Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 440-447

  Morita, Tomohiro ^a   Narimatsu, Hiroto ^b   Matsumura, Tomoko ^a   Kodama, Yuko ^a   Hori, Akiko ^a   Kishi, Yukiko ^c   Kusumi, Eiji ^a   Hamaki, Tamae ^a,d   Kobayashi, Kazuhiko ^e   Yuji, Koichiro ^a   Tanaka, Yuji ^a   Nakata, Yoshinori ^f   Kami, Masahiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN TAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^e JR Tokyo General Hospital   (Japan)

^f TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Advertisement; Cancer care facilities; Cancer patients; Google; Links

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION;

HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; JAPAN; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 36949023734     PISSN: 13419625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10147-007-0707-5     Document Type: Article

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