Smartphone apps as a source of cancer information: Changing trends in health information-seeking behavior

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 138-142

  Pandey, Ambarish ^a   Hasan, Sayeedul ^b   Dubey, Divyanshu ^a   Sarangi, Sasmit ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease information; Patient education; Smartphone application

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MOBILE PHONE; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CELLULAR PHONE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; NEOPLASMS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84875654565     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-012-0446-9     Document Type: Article

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