Quality of information accompanying on-line marketing of home diagnostic tests

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-38

  Datta, Adrija Kumar ^a   Selman, Tara J ^a   Kwok, Tony ^a   Tang, Teresa ^a   Khan, Khalid S ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HOME DIAGNOSTIC TEST; INFORMATION SERVICE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PURCHASING; QUALITY CONTROL; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

EID: 40949131047     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.2007.070150     Document Type: Article

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