Quality assessment of spinal cord injury patient education resources

Spine

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2014, Pages E701-E704

  Agarwal, Nitin ^a   Hansberry, David R ^a   Singh, Priyanka L ^a   Heary, Robert F ^a   Goldstein, Ira M ^a  

^a New Jersey Medical School   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet; Patient education; Quality; Readability; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; READING; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 84926144970     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000308     Document Type: Article

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