HON Label and DISCERN as content quality indicators of health-related websites

Psychiatric Quarterly

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-27

  Khazaal, Yasser ^a   Chatton, Anne ^a   Zullino, Daniele ^a   Khan, Riaz ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Consumer; DISCERN; Health care; Health on the net; Internet; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CANNABIS ADDICTION; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DISCERN; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH ON THE NET; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; READING; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

COMPREHENSION; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; ESTHETICS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MENTAL DISORDERS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEARCH ENGINE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84857899586     PISSN: 00332720     EISSN: 15736709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11126-011-9179-x     Document Type: Article

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