Digital disparities: The persistent digital divide as related to health information access on the internet

Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 23-41

  Morey, Ophelia T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer health information; Digital divide; eHealth; Health care disparities; Internet; Minorities; Underserved

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649559921     PISSN: 15398285     EISSN: 15398293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J381v11n04_03     Document Type: Article

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