Reaching and teaching teens: Adolescent health literacy and the internet

Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 105-118

  Skopelja, Elaine N ^a   Whipple, Elizabeth C ^a   Richwine, Peggy ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Consumer health; Health education; Health literacy; Internet; Internet filters; K 12 education; Librarians; MedlinePlus; School media specialists; School nurses; Surveys; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649647633     PISSN: 15398285     EISSN: 15398293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15398280802121406     Document Type: Article

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