Measuring the value of health query translation: An analysis by user language proficiency

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 951-963

  Lopes, Carla Teixeira ^a   Ribeiro, Cristina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION OVERLOADS; INFORMATION QUALITY; LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY; MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE; NON-NATIVE LANGUAGE; QUERY TRANSLATIONS; SEARCH STRATEGIES; TRANSLATION PROCESS;

HEALTH;

TRANSLATION (LANGUAGES);

EID: 84876297923     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.22812     Document Type: Article

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