Readability assessment of internet-based patient education materials related to uterine artery embolization

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 469-474

  Shukla, Pratik ^a   Sanghvi, Saurin P ^a   Lelkes, Valdis M ^a   Kumar, Abhishek ^a   Contractor, Sohail ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERNET BASED PATIENT EDUCATION MATERIAL; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES; UTERINE ARTERY;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ALGORITHMS; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION;

EID: 84875246532     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: 15357732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2013.01.006     Document Type: Article

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