Women seeking health information: Distinguishing the web user

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 787-814

  Warner, Dorothy ^a   Procaccino, J Drew ^a  

^a RIDER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; LEARNING; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEB BROWSER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AWARENESS; COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 36349010070     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730701672090     Document Type: Article

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