Examining the health information-seeking behaviors of Korean americans

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 779-801

  Oh, Kyeung Mi ^a   Kreps, Gary L ^a   Jun, Jungmi ^b   Chong, Elizabeth ^a   Ramsey, Lolita ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TRUST; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NEWSPAPERS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRUST;

EID: 84864839048     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2011.650830     Document Type: Article

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