Health Communication on the Web: The Roles of Web Use Motivation and Information Completeness

Communication Monographs

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 264-274

  Dutta Bergman, Mohan J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0742271486     PISSN: 03637751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0363775032000167433     Document Type: Review

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