Assessing the quality, suitability and readability of internet-based health information about warfarin for patients

Australasian Medical Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 194-203

  Nasser, Sayeed ^a   Mullan, Judy ^b   Bajorek, Beata ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health information; Internet; Quality; Readability; Suitability; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INFORMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 84859344559     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18361935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4066/AMJ.2012.86     Document Type: Article

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