The influence of structural and message features on web site credibility

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 114-127

  Hong, Traci ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH-RELATED WEB SITES; WEB SITE CREDIBILITY;

HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; LOGIC DESIGN; MARKETING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

WEBSITES;

EID: 33645321126     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20258     Document Type: Article

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