Visual analysis of obesity-related query terms on HealthLink

Online Information Review

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-57

  Zhang, Jin ^a,b   Wolfram, Dietmar ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health services; Information searches; Information systems; Obesity; Online catalogues; United States of America

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICES; INFORMATION SEARCHES; OBESITY; ONLINE CATALOGUES; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;

HEALTH; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; THESAURI;

NUTRITION;

EID: 66749095340     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684520910944382     Document Type: Article

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