Assessing cancer treatment related information online: Unintended retrieval of complementary and alternative medicine web sites

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 64-68

  Kim, D Y ^a   Lee, H R ^b   Nam, E M ^c  

^a Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Inje University   (South Korea)

^c Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cancer patients; Complementary and alternative medicine; Internet

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; KOREA; NEOPLASM; STANDARD;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; KOREA; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 58149302518     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: 13652354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2008.00944.x     Document Type: Article

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