A randomized controlled trial of an information prescription for pediatric patient education on the Internet

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 857-862

  D'Alessandro, Donna M ^a,c   Kreiter, Clarence D ^a   Kinzer, Susan L ^a   Peterson, Michael W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; INTERNET; MEDLINE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEDIATRICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEDIATRICS; PRESCRIPTIONS, NON-DRUG; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UNITED STATES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 4444319480     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.158.9.857     Document Type: Article

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