Head and neck cancer information on the internet: Type, accuracy and content

Oral Oncology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 675-677

  Ni Riordain, Richeal ^a   McCreary, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

accuracy and content; Head and neck cancer; Information type; Internet

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

BENCHMARKING; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTERNET; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 67650469525     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2008.10.006     Document Type: Article

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