Internet use by international graduate students in the USA seeking health information

Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 117-133

  Yoon, JungWon ^a   Kim, Soojung ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Consumer health information; Graduate students; Health information seeking; International students; Internet health information

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; HEALTH; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SERVICES; INFORMATION USE; INTERNET; SURVEYS;

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; GRADUATE STUDENTS; HEALTH INFORMATIONS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIORS; INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ONLINE HEALTH INFORMATION;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84904036260     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/AJIM-01-2013-0005     Document Type: Article

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