Gender and Online Health Information Seeking: A Five Survey Meta-Analysis

Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 128-142

  Hallyburton, Ann ^a   Evarts, Lori A ^b  

^a WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

female; gender; information seeking behavior; male; meta analysis; sex factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902584505     PISSN: 15398285     EISSN: 15398293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15398285.2014.902268     Document Type: Article

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