Interventions for enhancing the skills of consumers to find, evaluate and use online health information

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Colledge, Anthea ^a   Car, J ^b   Majeed, A ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; EVALUATION; HARM REDUCTION; ONLINE SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SKILL; TRAINING;

EID: 44949158991     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007092     Document Type: Review

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