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Quality/Credibility of eHealth Information and Trust Issues (371)

Published on in Vol 21 , No 5 (2019) :May

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/12522, first published .
Consumer Evaluation of the Quality of Online Health Information: Systematic Literature Review of Relevant Criteria and Indicators

Consumer Evaluation of the Quality of Online Health Information: Systematic Literature Review of Relevant Criteria and Indicators

Consumer Evaluation of the Quality of Online Health Information: Systematic Literature Review of Relevant Criteria and Indicators

Authors of this article:

Yalin Sun 1 Author Orcid Image ;   Yan Zhang 1 Author Orcid Image ;   Jacek Gwizdka 1 Author Orcid Image ;   Ciaran B. Trace 1 Author Orcid Image
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