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Health care providers on the World Wide Web: quality of presentations of surgical departments in Germany

Jurgen Stausberg, Johannes Fuchs, Johannes Husing, Herbert Hirche Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Medical Faculty, University of Essen, Hufelandstr. 55, D-45122 Essen, Germany
Pages 17-24 | Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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