Consumers' disease information-seeking behaviour on the Internet in Korea

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 19-20, 2010, Pages 2860-2868

  Yun, Eun Kyoung ^a   Park, Hyeoun Ae ^b  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Consumer; Disease information; Health consciousness; Internet; Korea; Perceived health risk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; SOUTH KOREA;

CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DISEASE; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 77956801729     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.03187.x     Document Type: Article

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