Scatter matters: Regularities and implications for the scatter of healthcare information on the web

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 659-676

  Bhavnani, Suresh K ^a   Peck, Frederick A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION; CONTENT ANALYSIS; INCOMPLETE INFORMATION; INFORMATION DENSITY; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIORS; SEARCH TOOLS; UNDERLYING MECHANISM; WEB PAGE;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MACHINE DESIGN; SEARCH ENGINES;

WEBSITES;

EID: 77949781957     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21217     Document Type: Article

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