Healthcare non-adherence decisions and internet health information

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1373-1380

  Weaver III, James B ^a   Thompson, Nancy J ^b   Weaver, Stephanie Sargent ^a   Hopkins, Gary L ^c  

^a National Center for Health Marketing   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ANDREWS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; Compliance; Health information; Internet; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

ADHERENCE; COMPLIANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINANTS; HEALTH INFORMATION; HEALTH INFORMATIONS; INTERNET USERS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRANSFORMING MECHANISM;

HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; INTERNET; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION;

HEALTH RISKS;

EID: 69549105808     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2009.05.011     Document Type: Article

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