Consumer empowerment through metadata-based information quality reporting: The breast cancer knowledge online portal

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1792-1807

  McKemmish, Sue ^a   Manaszewicz, Rosetta ^a   Burstein, Frada ^a   Fisher, Julie ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CONSUMER EMPOWERMENT; DECISION SUPPORTS; DOMAIN MAPPING; DRUG COMPANIES; HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS; HEALTH INFORMATIONS; INFORMATION QUALITY; MEDICAL RESEARCHERS; METADATA REPOSITORIES; METADATA SCHEMA; ONLINE COMMUNITIES; PERSONALIZED INFORMATION; PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR; QUALITY INFORMATION; RESEARCH DESIGNS; RESOURCE DESCRIPTION; RESOURCE DISCOVERY; SIGNIFICANT FACTORS; USER INFORMATION; USER-SENSITIVE DESIGN;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; INTERNET; RESEARCH;

METADATA;

EID: 69249091399     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21096     Document Type: Article

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