Seeking health information on the internet: Lifestyle choice or bad attack of cyberchondria?

Media, Culture and Society

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 521-539

  Lewis, Tania ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Active audience; DIY health; Health consumption; Health habitus; Young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745319969     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: 14603675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163443706065027     Document Type: Review

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