Online Technologies for Health Information and Education: A Literature Review

Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 139-150

  Gill, Harkiran K ^a   Gill, Navkiranjit ^b   Young, Sean D ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

health communication; health education; Internet; privacy; social media technologies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878495650     PISSN: 15398285     EISSN: 15398293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15398285.2013.780542     Document Type: Review

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