Health information seeking behavior among rural and urban Peruvians: Variations in information resource access and preferences

Information Development

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-45

  Garcia Cosavalente, H Patricia ^a   Wood, Lawrence E ^b   Obregon, Rafael ^b  

^a PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health information; Information seeking behavior; Peru; Rural healthcare

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949314402     PISSN: 02666669     EISSN: 17416469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266666909358640     Document Type: Article

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