Assessing an internet health information site by using log analysis: The experience of the National Cancer Institute of Brazil

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 134-137

  Vasconcellos Silva, Paulo R ^a   Castiel, Luis D ^b   Rivera, Francisco J U ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Health education; Internet; Mass media; Neoplasms; Public health informatics

Indexed keywords

CANCER; HEALTH EDUCATION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INTERNET;

BRAZIL; CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTER SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; REVIEW; SMOKING CESSATION; TECHNOLOGY; TOBACCO;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0042919574     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892003000700013     Document Type: Review

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