Internet use for medical research among cancer patients and their relatives in Spain

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1976-1977

  López Gómez, Miriam ^a   Feliu J ^b   Sereno, M ^a   Gomez Raposo C ^a   Casado Saenz E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO INFANTA SOFÍA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RESEARCH; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

FAMILY; HUMANS; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SPAIN;

EID: 54949099307     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdn599     Document Type: Letter

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