Discrepancies in health information found on Web sites discussing cures for inflammatory bowel disease, an "incurable" disease

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 458-463

  Frohlich, Dennis O ^a   Birnbrauer, Kristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Crohn's disease; Cure; Inflammatory bowel disease; Internet search; Online health information; Treatment; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ENEMA; FISH OIL; FOLIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MAGNESIUM CITRATE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; TURMERIC;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALOE VERA; AROMATHERAPY; ARTICLE; AYURVEDA; BOSWELLIA; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CROHN DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; ECHINACEA; ELM; GINSENG; GLYCYRRHIZA; HUMAN; INTERNET; MASSAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PAPAYA; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; YOGA;

DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS;

EID: 84898724618     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.MIB.0000442013.45038.47     Document Type: Article

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