How consumers search for health information

Health Informatics Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 223-235

  Toms, Elaine G ^a   Latter, Celeste ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consumer; Health; Information; Searching

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEARCH ENGINE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VIDEORECORDING;

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548156293     PISSN: 14604582     EISSN: 17412811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1460458207079901     Document Type: Article

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