Net-based information on varicose vein treatments: A tangled web

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 1323, 2010, Pages 9-15

  Ching, Thida ^a   Roake, Justin A ^a   Lewis, David R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Christchurch Radiology Group   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HERBAL MEDICINE; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NEW ZEALAND; ONLINE SYSTEM; SEARCH ENGINE; VARICOSIS;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HUMANS; INTERNET; NEW ZEALAND; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 77958048594     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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