Pregnant women's use of the internet in relation to their pregnancy in Izmir, Turkey

Informatics for Health and Social Care

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 253-263

  Kavlak, Oya ^a   Atan, Şenay Ünsal ^a   Güleç, Duygu ^a   Öztürk, Ruşen ^a   Atay, Nurten ^b  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Information; Internet; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870679917     PISSN: 17538157     EISSN: 17538165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17538157.2012.710686     Document Type: Article

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