Determinants of the frequency of online health information seeking: Results of a Web-based survey conducted in France in 2007

Informatics for Health and Social Care

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-39

  Renahy, Emilie ^a,b   Parizot, Isabelle ^a,c   Chauvin, Pierre ^a,b,d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c CENTRE MAURICE HALBWACHS   (France)

^d HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

Author keywords

Consumer health information; Internet; Physicianpatient relationship; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949778549     PISSN: 17538157     EISSN: 17538165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17538150903358784     Document Type: Article

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