Readability of Menopause Web Sites: A Cross-Sectional Study

Journal of Women and Aging

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 280-291

  Charbonneau, Deborah H ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

health education; health literacy; menopause; readability; Web Internet resources

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATOR; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION LITERACY; INFORMATION SEEKING; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; MENOPAUSE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPUTER LITERACY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATORS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION LITERACY; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; MENOPAUSE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; WOMEN;

EID: 84868259448     PISSN: 08952841     EISSN: 15407322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2012.708574     Document Type: Article

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