Incidental health information use on the internet

Health Communication

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-49

  Tian, Yan ^a   Robinson, James D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEOPLASMS; NEWSPAPERS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60849127259     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410230802606984     Document Type: Article

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