Policy issues relevant to evaluation of interactive health communication applications

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-42

  Patrick, Kevin ^a,d   Robinson, Thomas N ^b   Alemi, Farrokh ^c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER NETWORK; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONSUMER; EDUCATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 0032929299     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-3797(98)00103-2     Document Type: Article

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