The internet as a health information source: Findings from the 2007 Health Information National Trends Survey and implications for health communication

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages 279-293

  Koch Weser, Susan ^a   Bradshaw, Ylisabyth S ^a   Gualtieri, Lisa ^a   Gallagher, Susan S ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRUST; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650221762     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2010.522700     Document Type: Article

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