Using Search Engines to Find Online Medical Information

Mohammad Al-Ubaydli

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0020228

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Using Search Engines to Find Online Medical Information

Mohammad Al-Ubaydli

Using Search Engines to Find Online Medical Information

Mohammad Al-Ubaydli

Published: August 2, 2005
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0020228

About the Authors

Mohammad Al-Ubaydli

Competing Interests

Mohammad Al-Ubaydli wrote this article in his own time and without the support of federal funds. The views in the article are his alone and do not represent those of his employer, the National Institutes of Health.

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