Evaluation of internet use for health information by parents of asthmatic children attending pediatric clinics in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 630-636

  Alsaadi, Muslim Mohammed ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PARENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD;

ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNET; MALE; PARENTS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84873926600     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 09754466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2012.630     Document Type: Article

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