Pharmacists' online information literacy: An assessment of their use of Internet-based medicines information

Health Information and Libraries Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 208-216

  Peterson Clark, Geraldine ^a   Aslani, Parisa ^a   Williams, Kylie Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHARMACIST; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEARCH ENGINE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHARMACISTS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEARCH ENGINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955804267     PISSN: 14711834     EISSN: 14711842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2010.00891.x     Document Type: Article

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