Perceptions of traditional information sources and use of the world wide web to seek health information: Findings from the health information national trends survey

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 667-680

  Rains, Stephen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNET; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35348838932     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730701619992     Document Type: Article

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