Cyberchondria: Too Much Information for the Health Anxious Patient?

Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 439-445

  Loos, Amber ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyberchondria; health anxiety; online symptom checkers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889645664     PISSN: 15398285     EISSN: 15398293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15398285.2013.833452     Document Type: Article

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