Age-sensitive design of online health information: Comparative usability study

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Pak, Richard ^a   Price, Margaux M ^a   Thatcher, Jason ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Health related websites; Information organization; Internet

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; GOUT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION SERVICE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONLINE SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEARCH ENGINE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COMPUTER LITERACY; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; FEMALE; GOUT; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SEARCH ENGINE; SOFTWARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73349093720     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.1220     Document Type: Article

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