401. Epidemiological data can be gathered with world wide web
- Author
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Gunther Eysenbach and Thomas L. Diepgen
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Web analytics ,Letter ,Point (typography) ,business.industry ,Computer science ,Data Collection ,General Engineering ,MEDLINE ,General Medicine ,Data science ,World Wide Web ,Web Accessibility Initiative ,Computer Communication Networks ,Resource (project management) ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,Web application ,Humans ,business ,Web intelligence ,General Environmental Science - Abstract
Editor—In their note, “Piloting patient attitudinal surveys on the web” Suchard et al rightly point out that the web is a powerful resource to use in developing surveys quickly and effectively.1 But the power of the web goes far beyond that. Psychologists and sociologists are already using the web for surveys,2 and there has also been a recent experiment to collect health status information for medical outcomes research with a web based questionnaire.3 The web …
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- 1998