Medici Digerati: The Efficacy of the Health Consumer in Digital Research and the Utility of Secondary Evaluative Resources

Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 23-34

  Walshe, Emily ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer health; Digital research; Information literacy; Internet

Indexed keywords

EID: 70849116440     PISSN: 15398285     EISSN: 15398293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J381v07n03_03     Document Type: Article

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