The role of health anxiety in online health information search

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 613-618

  Baumgartner, Susanne E ^a   Hartmann, Tilo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 80054829693     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2010.0425     Document Type: Article

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