Personal health information-seeking: A qualitative review of the literature

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 84, Issue , 2001, Pages 1484-1488

  Zoe Stavri P ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer Health; Information Seeking; Review Paper

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; INFORMATION THEORY;

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CONSUMER HEALTHS; HEALTH EDUCATION; INFORMATION SEEKING; PERSONAL HEALTH INFORMATIONS; REVIEW PAPERS; SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL MODELING;

INFORMATION USE;

EID: 33751513126     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-928-8-1484     Document Type: Conference Paper

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