Health and medication information resources on the World Wide Web

Journal of Pharmacy Practice

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 85-94

  Grossman, Sara ^a,b   Zerilli, Tina ^a,b  

^a Intl Drug Information Center   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

free of charge; health and medication information; Internet; online; resources

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG TOXICITY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDLINE; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875714368     PISSN: 08971900     EISSN: 15311937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0897190012474231     Document Type: Article

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