Health information-seeking behaviors, health indicators, and health risks

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1520-1525

  Weaver III, James B ^a   Mays, Darren ^a   Weaver, Stephanie Sargent ^a   Hopkins, Gary L ^b   Eroglu, Dogan ^a   Bernhardt, Jay M ^a  

^a National Center for Health Marketing   (United States)

^b ANDREWS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; LIFE STYLE; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); WASHINGTON;

EID: 77954460627     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.180521     Document Type: Article

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