Older adults, health information, and the internet

Interactions

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 44-46

  Xie, Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; ALTERNATIVE SOURCE; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HEALTH INFORMATIONS; INFORMATION SEARCHING; INTERNET USERS; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH (NIH); NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS; OLDER ADULTS; OLDER POPULATION; ONLINE ACTIVITIES; WEB USERS;

PORTALS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; WEBSITES; WORLD WIDE WEB;

INTERNET;

EID: 46649106898     PISSN: 10725520     EISSN: 15583449     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1374489.1374499     Document Type: Article

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