Scoliosis-specific information on the Internet: Has the "information highway" led to better information provision?

Spine

Volumn 37, Issue 21, 2012, Pages

  Nason, Gregory J ^a   Baker, Joseph F ^a   Byrne, Damien P ^a   Noel, Jacques ^a   Moore, David ^a   Kiely, Patrick J ^a  

^a OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Information; Internet; Scoliosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SCOLIOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL MEDIA;

HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INTERNET; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCOLIOSIS;

EID: 84866979505     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31826619b5     Document Type: Article

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