Readability assessment of the American Rhinologic Society patient education materials

International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 325-333

  Kasabwala, Khushabu ^a   Misra, Poonam ^a   Hansberry, David R ^b   Agarwal, Nitin ^b   Baredes, Soly ^a   Setzen, Michael ^c,d   Anderson Eloy, Jean ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RWJ Barnabas Health   (United States)

^c NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

American Rhinologic Society; Internet; Patient education; Readability; Rhinology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; TEACHING;

AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; COMPREHENSION; HUMANS; INTERNET; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); ONLINE SYSTEMS; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876147958     PISSN: 20426976     EISSN: 20426984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/alr.21097     Document Type: Article

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