Quality and readability of online patient information for abdominal aortic aneurysms

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-26

  Bailey, Marc A ^a,b   Coughlin, Patrick A ^a   Sohrabi, Soroush ^b   Griffin, Kathryn J ^a,b   Tawqeer Rashid, S ^b   Troxler, Max A ^a   Scott, D Julian A ^a,b  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FLESCH READING EASE SCORE; HUMAN; INTERNET; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEARCH ENGINE;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; COMPREHENSION; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; ENGLAND; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84863003021     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2011.12.063     Document Type: Article

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