What kind of cancer information do Internet users need?

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1465-1469

  Cho, Juhee ^a,b   Noh, Hang In ^c   Ha, Myung Hwa ^c   Kang, Se Na ^c   Choi, Jin Young ^c   Chang, Yoon Jung ^c  

^a Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cancer information; Information need; Information source; Internet

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; CANCER STATISTICS; CANCER THERAPY; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENTS;

EID: 80051576971     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-010-1057-9     Document Type: Article

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