Internet-based health information seeking among low-income, minority seniors living in urban residential centers

Home Health Care Management and Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 195-202

  Campbell, Robert James ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Computers; Digital divide; Health care; Information; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 64149107251     PISSN: 10848223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1084822308322648     Document Type: Article

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