Prevalence and impact of health-related internet and smartphone use among dermatology patients

Cutis

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 323-328

  Wolf, Joel A ^a   Moreau, Jacqueline F ^b   Patton, Timothy J ^a   Winger, Daniel G ^a   Ferris, Laura K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DERMATOLOGIST; DERMATOLOGY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PREVALENCE; SMARTPHONE; ADULT; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE PHONE; SKIN DISEASE; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; CELL PHONES; DATA COLLECTION; DERMATOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 84941063002     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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