Increasing utilization of Internet-based resources following efforts to promote evidence-based medicine: A national study in Taiwan

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Weng, Yi Hao ^a   Kuo, Ken N ^b,c   Yang, Chun Yuh ^d   Lo, Heng Lien ^b,c   Shih, Ya Hui ^c   Chen, Chiehfeng ^b,e   Chiu, Ya Wen ^c,e  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; TAIWAN; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNET; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSES; PHYSICIANS; TAIWAN;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84871863308     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-13-4     Document Type: Article

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