Assessment of the quality of web-based information on bunions

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1134-1139

  Chong, Yew Ming ^a   Fraval, Andrew ^a   Chandrananth, Janan ^a   Plunkett, Virginia ^a   Tran, Phong ^a  

^a WESTERN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

bunions; hallux valgus; Internet

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HALLUX VALGUS; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; SEARCH ENGINE;

BUNIONS; HALLUX VALGUS; INTERNET;

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DATA COLLECTION; HALLUX VALGUS; HUMANS; INTERNET; SEARCH ENGINE;

EID: 84884126109     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: 19447876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1071100713481458     Document Type: Article

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