Online health information seeking among jewish and arab adolescents in Israel: Results from a national school survey

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1097-1115

  Neumark, Yehuda ^a   Lopez Quintero, Catalina ^a   Feldman, Becca S ^a   Hirsch Allen, A J ^a   Shtarkshall, Ronny ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ARAB; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; ISRAEL; JEW; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; UTILIZATION; ARTICLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ARABS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84882858179     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2013.778360     Document Type: Article

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