Genomics - The perfect information-seeking research problem

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 323-329

  Johnson, J David ^a   Case, Donald O ^a   Andrews, James E ^a   Allard, Suzanne L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

CONSUMER SATISFACTION; GENETIC RESEARCH; GENOMICS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 22144498836     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730590950048     Document Type: Review

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