Internet skill-related problems in accessing online health information

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-72

  Deursen, Alexander J A M van ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Access to information; Computer literacy; Health literacy; Information literacy; Information retrieval

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; BOOKMARKING; COMPUTER LITERACY; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTS; GENERAL POPULATION; HEALTH INFORMATIONS; HEALTH LITERACY; INFORMATION LITERACY; INTERNET USERS; LOW LEVEL; ONLINE HEALTH INFORMATION; PERFORMANCE TESTS; SEARCH RESULTS;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; HEALTH; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; SEARCH ENGINES;

INTERNET;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION LITERACY; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUOTA SAMPLE; SEARCH ENGINE; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TELEPHONE;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; COMPUTER LITERACY; HUMANS; INTERNET; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 83555177250     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2011.10.005     Document Type: Article

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