Health e-Links: A Pilot Program for Delivering Electronic Health Information (EHI) to Consumers in Rural Areas Through a Partnership with Louisiana Public Libraries

Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 13-21

  Pernotto, Dennis A ^a   Watson, Michael M ^a   Jones, Dixie A ^a   Gammill, Kay M ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer health information; Electronic health information; Health e Links; Louisiana; Medical libraries; Public health information; Public libraries; Rural medicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 38549171447     PISSN: 15398285     EISSN: 15398293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J381v07n02_02     Document Type: Article

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