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Commonly cited website quality criteria are not effective at identifying inaccurate online information about breast cancer
Article first published online: 11 FEB 2008
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23308
Copyright © 2008 American Cancer Society
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Bernstam, E. V., Walji, M. F., Sagaram, S., Sagaram, D., Johnson, C. W. and Meric-Bernstam, F. (2008), Commonly cited website quality criteria are not effective at identifying inaccurate online information about breast cancer. Cancer, 112: 1206–1213. doi: 10.1002/cncr.23308
Publication History
- Issue published online: 3 MAR 2008
- Article first published online: 11 FEB 2008
- Manuscript Accepted: 9 OCT 2007
- Manuscript Revised: 12 SEP 2007
- Manuscript Received: 20 JUL 2007
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- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Health e-Technologies
- National Library of Medicine. Grant Number: 5K22LM008306
- National Center for Research Resources. Grant Number: 1UL1RR024148
- Interdisciplinary Biosciences Training
- National Library of Medicine. Grant Number: 5T15LM07093
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