Consumer access to health information on the internet: Health policy implications

Australia and New Zealand Health Policy

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Scott, W Guy ^a   Scott, Helen M ^b   Auld, Terry S ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b ScottEconomics   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONSULTATION; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DATA ANALYSIS; EATING HABIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SELF EVALUATION;

EID: 32444444639     PISSN: 17438462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-8462-2-13     Document Type: Article

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