Physician adoption of personal digital assistants (PDA): Testing its determinants within a structural equation model

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-95

  Vishwanath, Arun ^a   Brodsky, Linda ^b   Shaha, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 61649086439     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730802592270     Document Type: Article

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