Communicating health promotion and disease prevention information to patients via email: A review

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 172-175

  Atherton, Helen ^a   Huckvale, Christopher ^a   Car, Josip ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; E-MAIL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COMMUNICATION; ELECTRONIC MAIL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77953312531     PISSN: 1357633X     EISSN: 17581109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jtt.2010.004002     Document Type: Article

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