Influences, usage, and outcomes of Internet health information searching: Multivariate results from the Pew surveys

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 8-28

  Rice, Ronald E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care quality, Access and evaluation N05 ; Information services L01.453 ; Internet L01.700.568.080.110.500 ; Medical informatics L01.700 ; Online health information; Social sciences F04.096.879

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SURVEYS;

HEATH CARE QUALITY ACCESS AND EVALUATION [N05]; INFORMATION SERVICES [L01.453]; ONLINE HEALTH INFORMATION; SOCIAL SCIENCES [F04.096.879];

HEALTH CARE;

DEMOGRAPHY; E-MAIL; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; WEATHER;

EID: 30444454327     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2005.07.032     Document Type: Article

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