Content and quality of information provided on Canadian dementia websites

Canadian Geriatrics Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 6-15

  Dillon, Whitney A ^a   Prorok, Jeanette C ^a,b   Seitz, Dallas P ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Providence Continuing Care Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Health information; Internet

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893815519     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19258348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5770/cgj.16.40     Document Type: Conference Paper

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