Characteristics of online and offline health information seekers and factors that discriminate between them

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1795-1806

  Cotten, Shelia R ^a   Gupta, Sipi S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital divide; Health information seeking; Internet

Indexed keywords

INTERNET;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; SALARY; SAMPLE SIZE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4143088180     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.02.020     Document Type: Article

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