Preventive health information on the Internet. Qualitative study of consumers' perspectives

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 47, Issue SEPT., 2001, Pages 1759-1765

  Quintana, Yuri ^a   Feightner, John W ^a   Wathen, C Nadine ^a   Sangster, Michelle ^b   Marshall, J Neil ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Education and Research Division   (United Kingdom)

^c UWO ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MARKETING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; QUALITY CONTROL; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGED; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0034748374     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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