Health Literacy Online: A Guide to Writing and Designing Easy-to-Use Health Web Sites

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 577-580

  Hou, Su I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

easy to use; health; health website; literacy; online

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; WRITING;

HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INTERNET; WRITING;

EID: 84865138425     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: 15526372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839912446480     Document Type: Review

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