Review of the quality of information on bipolar disorder on the Internet

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 934-945

  Barnes, Caryl ^a   Harvey, Robin ^b   Wilde, Alex ^c,d   Hadzi Pavlovic, Dusan ^c,d   Wilhelm, Kay ^c,d   Mitchell, Philip B ^c,d  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d BLACK DOG INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Evaluation; Quality; Websites

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BIPOLAR WEBSITE QUALITY CHECKLIST; CHECKLIST; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; INTERNET; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEARCH ENGINE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 71049174033     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048670903179137     Document Type: Article

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