Quality of web-based information on inflammatory bowel diseases

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1891-1896

  Van Der Marel, Sander ^a   Duijvestein, Marjolijn ^a   Hardwick, James C ^a   Van Den Brink, Gijs R ^a   Veenendaal, Roeland ^a   Hommes, Daniel W ^a   Fidder, Herma H ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Health information; Inflammatory bowel disease; Internet; Readability; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ACCURACY; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CONTENT VALIDITY; CROHN DISEASE; ENTERITIS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; READING; SCORING SYSTEM; SEARCH ENGINE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

COMPREHENSION; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; INTERNET; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC;

EID: 72549119363     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ibd.20976     Document Type: Article

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