Predictors of cancer information overload: Findings from a national survey

Information Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Kim, Kyunghye ^a   Lustria, Mia Liza A ^a   Burke, Darrell ^a   Kwon, Nahyun ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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