Comparison of drug information on consumer drug review sites versus authoritative health information websites

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 333-349

  Chew, Shu Wen ^a   Khoo, Christopher S G ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG DOSAGE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG THERAPY; INSURANCE; WEBSITES;

CONTENT ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESISTANCE; HEALTH INFORMATIONS; HEALTH RELATED INFORMATIONS; HEALTHCARE INSTITUTIONS; INSURANCE COVERAGES; LARGE AMOUNTS;

HEALTH;

EID: 84957014894     PISSN: 23301635     EISSN: 23301643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.23390     Document Type: Article

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