Healthy Web Sites: Teaching Consumers to Search for Quality Health Information on the Internet

Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 35-52

  Richetelle, Alberta L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer health information; Internet health information resources; Internet training for consumers; Web site evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957588457     PISSN: 15398285     EISSN: 15398293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J381v07n02_04     Document Type: Article

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