Assessment of the quality of postherpetic neuralgia treatment information on the internet

Journal of Pain

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1149-1154

  Hallingbye, Thor ^a   Serafini, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

information quality; Internet; postherpetic neuralgia treatment; website

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; LIDOCAINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INTERNET; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; QUALITY CONTROL; SEARCH ENGINE;

HUMANS; INTERNET; NEURALGIA, POSTHERPETIC; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC;

EID: 80255135627     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2011.05.005     Document Type: Article

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