Improving the quality of health news

International Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 440-443

  Ashoorkhani, Mahnaz ^a   Majdzadeh, Reza ^a,b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ACCURACY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PUBLICATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84864054017     PISSN: 20087802     EISSN: 20088213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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