Social Determinants of Health Information Seeking among Chinese Adults in Hong Kong

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Wang, Man Ping ^a   Viswanath, Kasisomayajula ^b   Lam, Tai Hing ^a   Wang, Xin ^a   Chan, Sophia S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882974177     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073049     Document Type: Article

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