The British and their use of the web for health information and advice: A survey

Aslib Proceedings

Volumn 55, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 261-276

  Nicholas, David ^a   Huntington, Paul ^a   Gunter, Barrie ^b   Russell, Chris ^a   Withey, Richard ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health services; United kingdom; User studies; World wide web

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL TELEVISION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; WEBSITES; WORLD WIDE WEB;

HEALTH SERVICES; USER STUDIES;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

EID: 0345392849     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00012530310498842     Document Type: Article

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