Evaluation of online health information on clubfoot using the DISCERN tool

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 135-138

  Kumar, Venkatesan S ^a   Subramani, Suresh ^a   Veerapan, Senthil ^a   Khan, Shah A ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

DISCERN; Health information; Website

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUBFOOT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEARCH ENGINE;

CLUBFOOT; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEARCH ENGINE;

EID: 84893738698     PISSN: 1060152X     EISSN: 14735865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPB.0000000000000000     Document Type: Article

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