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Dermatology information on the Internet: An appraisal by dermatologists and dermatology residents

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: To the Editor: Patients increasingly seek health information on the World Wide Web both for personal knowledge and to facilitate patient–physician discussion at the time of medical consultation. In January 2008, approximately 44% of all health-related Web site traffic was on pages found via search engines, an increase of 3% in health-related traffic share from the previous year.1Google.com received the greatest portion of this Internet traffic.1 The Internet provides an easily accessible forum through which health information, with varying accuracy, can be spread.

Source: Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2010.01.031