Vaccines and Internet: Characteristics of the Vaccine Safety Net Web sites and suggested improvements

Vaccine

Volumn 26, Issue 52, 2008, Pages 6950-6955

  Martínez Mora, Marta ^a   Álvarez Pasquín, María José ^a   Rodríguez Salvanés, Francisco ^b  

^a Serv Madrileño de Salud Inst de Invest Sanitaria del Hospital Universitario la Paz IdiPaz   (Spain)

^b Unidad de Investigacion   (Spain)

Author keywords

Communication; Immunization; Internet; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ARTICLE; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG SAFETY; E-MAIL; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG INDUSTRY; HUMANS; INTERNET; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 56949100916     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.09.093     Document Type: Article

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