Medical connections: Use of the internet and traditional sources of health information by rural Alabama households

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 17-26

  Hall, Laura M ^a   Dunkelberger, John D ^b   Wheat, John R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Health information sources; Internet; Rural households

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ALABAMA; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 30444444100     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J096v10n02_04     Document Type: Article

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