Internet use in an orthopaedic outpatient population

Current Orthopaedic Practice

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 308-311

  Baker, Joseph F ^a   Green, James ^b   Synnott, Keith A ^a   Stephens, Michael M ^a   Poynton, Ashley R ^a   Mulhall, Kevin J ^a  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Internet; Orthopaedics; Outpatient

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOPEDICS; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 84884511207     PISSN: 19407041     EISSN: 19417551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCO.0b013e31828e542b     Document Type: Article

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