International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 74, Issue 1 , Pages 13-19 , January 2005

Instruments to assess the quality of health information on the World Wide Web: what can our patients actually use?

  • Elmer V. Bernstam

      Affiliations

    • School of Health Information Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 7000 Fannin Street, Suite 600, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 713 500 3901; fax: +1 713 500 3929.
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  • Dawn M. Shelton

      Affiliations

    • School of Health Information Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 7000 Fannin Street, Suite 600, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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  • Muhammad Walji

      Affiliations

    • School of Health Information Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 7000 Fannin Street, Suite 600, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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  • Funda Meric-Bernstam

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA

Received 14 July 2004 ,Revised 4 October 2004 ,Accepted 22 October 2004.

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PII: S1386-5056(04)00203-5

doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2004.10.001

International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 74, Issue 1 , Pages 13-19 , January 2005

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