Use of the Internet as a source of health information amongst participants of antenatal classes

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 322-330

  Lima Pereira, Patricia ^a   Bermúdez Tamayo, Clara ^b   Jasienska, Grazyna ^c  

^a Santisima Trinidad casi Itapua   (Paraguay)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Education; Internet; Nurses; Nursing; Parents; Patient information; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRENATAL CARE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRENATAL CARE;

EID: 84855345365     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03910.x     Document Type: Article

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