Infertility information on the World Wide Web: A cross-sectional survey of quality of infertility information on the internet in the UK

Human Reproduction

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1520-1525

  Marriott, Jennifer V ^a   Stec, Piotr ^a   El Toukhy, Tarek ^a   Khalaf, Yakoub ^a   Braude, Peter ^a   Coomarasamy, Arri ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ART clinics; Infertility; Internet information quality; NHS; Private clinics

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; UNITED KINGDOM; WEB BROWSER;

EID: 44949257217     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/den072     Document Type: Article

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