Rural adults' use of health-related information online: Data from a 2006 national online health survey

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 329-334

  Ruggiero, Kenneth J ^a,b   Gros, Daniel F ^a,b   McCauley, Jenna ^b   De Arellano, Michael A ^b   Danielson, Carla Kmett ^b  

^a RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

health information; Internet; Ural

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN LIFE PROJECT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH INFORMATIONS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIGH QUALITY; INTERNET USE; INTERNET USERS; MENTAL HEALTH; ON-LINE INFORMATION; ONLINE RESOURCES; RIGOROUS EVALUATION; TELEPHONE SURVEY; URAL;

DISEASES; HEALTH; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; SURVEYS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

INFORMATION USE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959323880     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2010.0195     Document Type: Article

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