An audit of the quality of online immunisation information available to Australian parents

BMC Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 1-9

  Wiley, K E ^a,b   Steffens, M ^b   Berry, N ^b   Leask, J ^b,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health information; Immunisation; Internet search; Online information quality

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PARENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; VACCINATION;

AUSTRALIA; DATA ACCURACY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; PARENTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VACCINATION;

EID: 85010390732     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-3933-9     Document Type: Article

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