Utility of two cancer organization websites for a multiethnic, public hospital oncology population: Comparative cross-sectional survey

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Nguyen, Katherine D ^a   Hara, Belinda ^a   Chlebowski, Rowan T ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cancer website; Computers; Internet; Internet access; Race; Racial ethnic minority

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BEHAVIOR; CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RESEARCH; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCOLOGY; PACIFIC ISLANDER; POPULATION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 29144484816     PISSN: 14388871     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.7.3.e28     Document Type: Article

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