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e-Learning and Medical Education (691) Quality/Credibility of eHealth Information and Trust Issues (531) Consumer & Patient Education and Shared-Decision Making (679) Infodemiology and Infoveillance (1349)

Published on in Vol 10, No 2 (2008): Apr-Jun

The Impact of Inaccurate Internet Health Information in a Secondary School Learning Environment

The Impact of Inaccurate Internet Health Information in a Secondary School Learning Environment

The Impact of Inaccurate Internet Health Information in a Secondary School Learning Environment

Authors of this article:

Philip Kortum Author Orcid Image ;   Christine Edwards ;   Rebecca Richards-Kortum
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