Seeking Health Information Online: Does Wikipedia Matter?

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 471-479

  Laurent, Michaël R ^a   Vickers, Tim J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE BASE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PUBLICATION; SEARCH ENGINE;

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MEDLINEPLUS;

EID: 67649340831     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M3059     Document Type: Article

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