Readability analysis of patient information on the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery website

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 555-558

  Greywoode, Jewel ^a   Bluman, Eric ^b   Spiegel, Joseph ^a   Boon, Maurits ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATOR; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PATIENT INFORMATION; READING; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; WEB BROWSER; WRITING;

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; INTERNET; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350496328     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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