Evaluating internet health resources in ear, nose, and throat surgery

Laryngoscope

Volumn 123, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1626-1631

  Goslin, Ross A ^a   Elhassan, Hassan A ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

accessibility; DISCERN; Flesch Reading Ease; Health care information; LIDA; quality; readability; reliability; usability

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEATOMA; DECISION MAKING; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; EPISTAXIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SEARCH ENGINE; SINUSITIS; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 84879413885     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.23773     Document Type: Article

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