Quality of Internet-based information on gastrointestinal diseases

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 93-96

  Tangri, Vikram ^a   Chande, Nilesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal disease; Internet; Patient education; Website

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLON CANCER; CONSTIPATION; CROHN DISEASE; DIARRHEA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEARTBURN; HEPATITIS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERNET; IRRITABLE COLON; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEPTIC ULCER; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEARCH ENGINE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INTERNET; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC;

EID: 79956225646     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/345076     Document Type: Article

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