Ten Years of TeenHealthFX.com. A Case Study of an Adolescent Health Web Site.

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 717-727

  Borzekowski, Dina L G ^a   McCarthy, Cathy ^b   Rosenfeld, Walter D ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Atlantic Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Internet; Online health information; Web sites

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; ONLINE SYSTEM; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERNET;

EID: 84861555820     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: 15578240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2012.03.018     Document Type: Review

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