An evaluation of the contents and quality of menopause information on the World Wide Web

Maturitas

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 276-282

  Pérez López, Faustino R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Google; Hormone replacement therapy; Internet; Menopause; Million Women study; Women's Health Initiative; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INTERNET; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENOPAUSE; SAMPLING; SCORING SYSTEM;

ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MENOPAUSE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 8644263268     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2004.07.006     Document Type: Article

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