Oncology health information quality on the internet: A multilingual evaluation

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 706-713

  Lawrentschuk, Nathan ^a,b   Sasges, Deborah ^c   Tasevski, Robert ^c   Abouassaly, Robert ^d   Scott, Andrew M ^a,b   Davis, Ian D ^a,b  

^a AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CANCER; BREAST CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM CANCER; HUMAN; INTERNET; LANGUAGE; LIVER CANCER; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MELANOMA; ONCOLOGY; PANCREAS CANCER; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; SEARCH ENGINE; STOMACH CANCER; THYROID CANCER; VALIDITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; EVALUATION; INFORMATION SERVICE; NEOPLASM; PATIENT EDUCATION; STANDARD;

HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; MULTILINGUALISM; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUALITY CONTROL; SEARCH ENGINE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84862241360     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-011-2137-x     Document Type: Article

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