A cognitive evaluation of four online search engines for answering definitional questions posed by physicians

Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing 2007, PSB 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 328-339

  Yu, Hong ^a   Kaufman, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION; EASE-OF-USE; EFFICIENCY CRITERIA; EVALUATION CRITERIA; INTERNET SEARCH ENGINE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; QUESTION ANSWERING SYSTEMS; TIME SPENT;

INTERNET; SEARCH ENGINES;

QUALITY CONTROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MEDLINE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN;

ADULT; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; PUBMED;

EID: 38449100055     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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