The quality of internet sites providing information relating to oral cancer

Oral Oncology

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  López Jornet, Pia ^a   Camacho Alonso, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

DISCERN instrument; Internet; Oral cancer; Patient education; Quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; INSTRUMENT; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOUTH CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REGISTER; SCORING SYSTEM;

BENCHMARKING; HUMANS; INTERNET; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 68949200256     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2009.03.017     Document Type: Article

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