Content quality of ophthalmic information on the internet

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 224, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-37

  Schalnus, Rainer ^a   Aulmann, Georg ^a   Hellenbrecht, Anja ^a   Hägele, Michael ^a   Ohrloff, Christian ^a   Lüchtenberg, Marc ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Eye diseases; Internet, health information; Visually impaired persons

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROPHYLAXIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

COMMUNICATION; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MACULAR DEGENERATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPHTHALMOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 68549122840     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000233233     Document Type: Article

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