User information seeking behaviour: Perceptions and reality. An evaluation of the WHO Labresources Internet portal

Informatics for Health and Social Care

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-38

  Madle, Gemma ^a   Berger, Anouk ^b   Cognat, Sebastien ^b   Menna, Sylvio ^b   Kostkova, Patty ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WHO Lyon Office for National Epidemic Preparedness and Response   (France)

Author keywords

Internet portal; Qualitative study; Quantitative study; User information seeking behaviour; Weblog analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; WEB BROWSER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CONSUMER; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; HUMANS; INTERNET; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 67049098030     PISSN: 17538157     EISSN: 17538165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17538150902779204     Document Type: Article

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