Consumer Health Information Seeking as Hypothesis Testing

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 484-495

  Keselman, Alla ^a,b   Browne, Allen C ^a   Kaufman, David R ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b Aquilent Inc   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CONSUMER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDLINE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYMPTOM;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION THEORY; INTERNET; MEDLINEPLUS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 45849125440     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M2449     Document Type: Article

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