Efficacy of quality criteria to identify potentially harmful information: a cross-sectional survey of complementary and alternative medicine web sites.

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Published in J Med Internet Res on June 29, 2004

Authors

Muhammad Walji1, Smitha Sagaram, Deepak Sagaram, Funda Meric-Bernstam, Craig Johnson, Nadeem Q Mirza, Elmer V Bernstam

Author Affiliations

1: University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Health Information Sciences, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Tailored Internet Information Supply for Patients | NCT00746408

Tailored Internet Information Supply for Patients - Part 2 | NCT00921453

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