An evaluation of the quality of turkish community pharmacy web sites concerning HON principles

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 375-380

  Yegenoglu, Selen ^a   Sozen, Bilge ^a   Aslan, Dilek ^a   Calgan, Zeynep ^a   Cagirci, Simge ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG PRODUCTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SEARCH ENGINES; TELEMEDICINE;

INTERNET SEARCH; PHARMACY WEB SITES;

WEBSITES;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

CODES OF ETHICS; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TURKEY;

EID: 44249096580     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2007.0065     Document Type: Article

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