Evaluating health answers in a social Q&A site

Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting

Volumn 45, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Kim, Soojung ^a   Oh, Sanghee ^b   Oh, Jung Sun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 71949104671     PISSN: 15508390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/meet.2008.14504503134     Document Type: Conference Paper

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