Health and medical information on and off the internet: What part can and do public libraries play?

Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 11-25

  Picerno, Peter V ^a  

^a ST EDWARD'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer health; Health medical information; Internet use; Medical databases; Public libraries

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748632998     PISSN: 15398285     EISSN: 15398293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J381v09n04_02     Document Type: Article

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