Consumer trust in health information on the web

Aslib Proceedings

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 373-382

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

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Information services; Personal health; Trust; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SERVICES; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

HEALTH INFORMATION; INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS; PERSONAL HEALTH; TRUST;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 18444393676     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00012530410570417     Document Type: Article

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