Wikipedia and osteosarcoma: A trustworthy patients' information?

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 373-374

  Leithner, Andreas ^a   Maurer Ertl, Werner ^a   Glehr, Mathias ^a   Friesenbichler, Joerg ^a   Leithner, Katharina ^a   Windhager, Reinhard ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; OSTEOSARCOMA; PATIENT INFORMATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; BONE TUMOR; BOOK; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; INTERNET; NOTE; UNITED STATES;

BONE NEOPLASMS; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; ENCYCLOPEDIAS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTERNET; NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE (U.S.); OSTEOSARCOMA; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958156598     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.2010.004507     Document Type: Article

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