MedlinePlus® go local programs: A review of the literature

Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 245-253

  Wood, M Sandra ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Go Local program; MedlinePlus ; National Library of Medicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 71049117682     PISSN: 15398285     EISSN: 15398293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15398280903119903     Document Type: Review

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