Internet use by plastic surgery patients pre-operatively in a university teaching hospital in the United Kingdom

European Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 263-267

  Soueid, Ali ^a,b   Wilson, Yvonne T ^a  

^a SELLY OAK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Internet; Patient; Plastic; Surgery; Use; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ESTHETICS; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL PATIENT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 40149109839     PISSN: 0930343X     EISSN: 14350130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00238-007-0198-7     Document Type: Article

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