Access and use of the internet for health information seeking: A survey of local public health professionals in the northwest

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-69

  Turner, Anne M ^a   Petrochilos, Deanna ^a   Nelson, David E ^b   Allen, Eileen ^c   Liddy, Elizabeth D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Departments; Internet; Local health

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 62649090821     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000342946.33456.d9     Document Type: Article

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