How health status impacts the types of information consumers seek online

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 693-713

  Goldner, Melinda ^a  

^a UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

E health; Health; Health status; Illness; Internet; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845739648     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691180601063982     Document Type: Article

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