Consumer health care information on the internet: Does the public benefit?

Respiratory Care

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1285-1286

  Mishoe, Shelley C ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEOPLASM; NOMENCLATURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; READING; RESPIRATORY CARE; SELF CARE; STROKE; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARD;

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERNET; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 58149149983     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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