The impact of consumer health information provided by libraries: The Delaware experience

Bulletin of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 16-22

  Pifalo, Victoria ^a   Hollander, Sue ^a   Henderson, Cynthia L ^a   DeSalvo, Pat ^b   Gill, Gail P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Delaware Academy of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SCIENCE; HEALTH SERVICE; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LIBRARY; LIBRARY SCIENCE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DELAWARE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIBRARIES, MEDICAL; LIBRARY SERVICES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0031056711     PISSN: 00257338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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