MEDLINE versus EMBASE and CINAHL for telemedicine searches

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 916-919

  Bahaadinbeigy, Kambiz ^a,b   Yogesan, Kanagasingam ^b   Wootton, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Norwegian Centre for Integrated Care and Telemedicine   (Norway)

Author keywords

bibliographic databases; information management; telehealth; telemedicine

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; MEDICAL LITERATURES; MEDLINE; MEDLINE DATABASE; RESEARCH CENTER; RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS; RESOURCE-CONSTRAINED; RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; TELEHEALTH; TELEMEDICINE APPLICATION;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SERVICES; MEDICAL COMPUTING; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TELEMEDICINE; VOCABULARY CONTROL;

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; NORWAY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TELEMEDICINE;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDLINE; NORWAY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TELEMEDICINE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77958465156     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2010.0046     Document Type: Article

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