Systematic evaluation of obstructive sleep apnea websites on the internet

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 265-272

  Langille, Morgan ^a   Van Zanten, Sander Veldhuyzen ^a   Shanavaz, Shahryar Ali ^b   Massoud, Emad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA QUALITY SCORE; FUNDING; GLOBAL QUALITY SCORE; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; READING; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; WRITING;

HUMANS; INTERNET; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SEARCH ENGINE; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84866629194     PISSN: 19160216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2012.00034     Document Type: Article

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