Seeking health information on the internet different genders, different uses, different risks

Proceedings of the 13th European Conference on Information Systems, Information Systems in a Rapidly Changing Economy, ECIS 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Vermaas, Karianne ^a   Van De Wijngaert, Lidwien ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Health; Health information; Internet; Risks; Usage

Indexed keywords

GENDER DIFFERENCES; HEALTH INFORMATIONS; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET CONNECTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; ONLINE SOURCES; PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS; PRIMARY OBJECTIVE; USAGE; USER NEED;

HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LOGISTICS; PORTALS; RISKS; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

INTERNET;

EID: 84870977552     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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