International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 75, Issue 1 , Pages 58-65 , January 2006

Future directions for depicting credibility in health care web sites

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doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2005.07.035

International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 75, Issue 1 , Pages 58-65 , January 2006

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