Accessibility of health information on the internet to the visually impaired user

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 222, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 187-193

  Lüchtenberg, Marc ^a   Kuhli Hattenbach, Claudia ^a   Sinangin, Yesim ^a   Ohrloff, Christian ^a   Schalnus, Rainer ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Health portal accessibility; Internet, health information; Quality assessment; Quality evaluation; Visually impaired user; Web Accessibility Initiative

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; QUALITY CONTROL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; GERMANY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERNET; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 44349121669     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000126082     Document Type: Article

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