Profiling Characteristics of Internet Medical Information Users

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 714-722

  Weaver III, James B ^a   Mays, Darren ^a,b   Lindner, Gregg ^c   Eroǧlu, Doǧan ^a   Fridinger, Frederick ^a   Bernhardt, Jay M ^a  

^a National Center for Health Marketing   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Scarborough Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 69549103179     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M3150     Document Type: Article

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