A review of theoretical models of health information seeking on the web

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 330-352

  Marton, Christine ^a   Choo, Chun Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health; Health information seeking; Information searches; Internet; Review; Theoretical models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859912453     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220411211225575     Document Type: Review

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