Quality of web-based information on obsessive compulsive disorder

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment

Volumn 9, Issue , 2013, Pages 1717-1723

  Klil, Hedi ^a   Chatton, Anne ^b   Zermatten, Ariane ^b   Khan, Riaz ^b   Preisig, Martin ^a,c   Khazaal, Yasser ^b,d  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Internet; OCD; Quality indicators; Search engine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; ONLINE ANALYSIS; ONLINE SYSTEM; QUALITY CONTROL; SEARCH ENGINE;

EID: 84887177935     PISSN: 11766328     EISSN: 11782021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/NDT.S49645     Document Type: Article

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