Health websites in Italy: Use, classification and international policy

Medical Informatics and the Internet in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 153-160

  Di Giacomo, Paola ^a   Maceratini, Riccardo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Classification and use of health sites in Italy; Health sites

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; INTERNET; ITALY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; POLICY; PRIVACY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RELIABILITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051768556     PISSN: 14639238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1463923021000014112     Document Type: Article

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