Towards quality management of medical information on the internet: evaluation, labelling, and filtering of information.

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Published in BMJ on November 28, 1998

Authors

G Eysenbach1, T L Diepgen

Author Affiliations

1: Unit for Medical Informatics, Epidemiology, and Public Health, Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Erlangen, Hartmannstrasse 14, 91052 Erlangen, Germany. Gunther.Eysenbach@derma.med.uni-erlangen.de

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