Health information seeking partially mediated the association between socioeconomic status and self-rated health among hong kong chinese

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Wang, Man Ping ^a   Wang, Xin ^a   Lam, Tai Hing ^a   Viswanath, Kasisomayajula ^b   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; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PUBLICATION; SOCIAL STATUS; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEPHONE; TELEVISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892655470     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082720     Document Type: Article

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