Internet health-information seekers in Croatia - Who, what, and why?

Medical Informatics and the Internet in Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 267-273

  Delić, Dean ^a   Polašek, Ozren ^b   Kern, Josipa ^b  

^a Cybermed Ltd   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Croatia; Health information; Information; Internet; Patient; Physician

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; COLLEGE; CONSULTATION; CROATIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPRING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROATIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33751557632     PISSN: 14639238     EISSN: 14645246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14639230600991726     Document Type: Article

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