Use of the internet for health information by the chronically Ill

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Wagner, Todd H ^a,b,c   Baker, Laurence C ^b,c   Kate Bundorf, M ^a   Singer, Sara ^c,d  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; E-MAIL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SELF CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 28744446098     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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