Reporting on post-menopausal hormone therapy: An analysis of gynaecologists' Web pages

Medical Informatics and the Internet in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 211-220

  Bucksch, Jens ^a   Kolip, Petra ^a   Deitermann, Bernhilde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basic criteria; Evaluation; Gynaecologists; Hormone replacement therapy; Internet; Menopause; Quality of content

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; E-MAIL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GERMANY; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH HAZARD; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; GERMANY; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 84860417242     PISSN: 14639238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14639230400005958     Document Type: Article

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