Quality of smoking cessation information on the Internet: A cross-sectional survey study

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 649-661

  Ademiluyi, Gbogboade ^a   Rees, Charlotte E ^b   Sheard, Charlotte E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health; Information; Internet; Service quality; Smoking; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036436424     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220410210448192     Document Type: Article

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