Usability of a web-based personal nutrition management tool

Informatics for Health and Social Care

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 190-205

  Bozkurt, Selen ^a   Zayim, Neşe ^a   Gulkesen, Kemal Hakan ^a   Samur, Mehmet Kemal ^a   Karaaǧaoglu, Nilgun ^b   Saka, Osman ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

education; nutrition; usability; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONSUMER; DIET; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054920720     PISSN: 17538157     EISSN: 17538165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17538157.2011.553296     Document Type: Article

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