Readability assessment of online patient education materials from academic otolaryngology-head and neck surgery departments

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-35

  Svider, Peter F ^a   Agarwal, Nitin ^b   Choudhry, Osamah J ^b   Hajart, Aaron F ^a,b   Baredes, Soly ^a   Liu, James K ^a,b   Eloy, Jean Anderson ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RWJ Barnabas Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERNET; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL WARD;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; COMPREHENSION; HUMANS; INTERNET; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 84870861109     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: 1532818X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2012.08.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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