An evaluation of the content and quality of tinnitus information on websites preferred by General Practitioners

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Fackrell, Kathryn ^a   Hoare, Derek J ^b,c   Smith, Sandra ^b,c   McCormack, Abby ^b,c   Hall, Deborah A ^a,b  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NIHR National Biomedical Research Unit in Hearing   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Good practice guidelines; Tinnitus management; World wide web

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVALUATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; TINNITUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TINNITUS;

EID: 84863676953     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-12-70     Document Type: Article

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