Parents of urban adolescents in Harlem, New York, and the Internet: A cross-sectional survey on preferred resources for health information

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Cohall, Alwyn T ^a   Cohall, Renee ^a   Dye, Bonnie ^a   Dini, Sheila ^a   Vaughan, Roger D ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Health; Internet; Minority; Parents; School; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPUTER; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HOME; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; INSTRUMENT; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STUDENT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 14044252777     PISSN: 14388871     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.6.4.e43     Document Type: Review

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