Health-related information gathering practices in breast and colorectal specialty clinics: the end of the electronic divide?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 199, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 364-368

  Wietfeldt, E Dawn ^a   Hassan, Imran ^a   Johnson, Angela ^a   Veeder, Catherine ^a   Boehler, Maggie ^a   Dunnington, Gary L ^a   Rakinic, Jan ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health related information; Internet

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARE; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER SCREENING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; GENDER; GRADUATE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST DISEASES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649301733     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.09.018     Document Type: Article

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