Who Uses the Web as a Health Information Source?

Health Informatics Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 93-101

  Eriksson Backa, Kristina ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Health information; web resources; web users

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049142184     PISSN: 14604582     EISSN: 17412811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1460458203009002004     Document Type: Article

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