Use of the internet by patients attending specialist clinics in Sri Lanka: A cross sectional study

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Kommalage, Mahinda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PEDIATRIC WARD; SRI LANKA; THORAX SURGERY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; SRI LANKA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63349110723     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-9-12     Document Type: Article

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