Comparative analysis of online health queries originating from personal computers and smart devices on a consumer health information portal

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Jadhav, Ashutosh ^a   Andrews, Donna ^b   Fiksdal, Alexander ^b   Kumbamu, Ashok ^b   McCormick, Jennifer B ^b   Misitano, Andrew ^b   Nelsen, Laurie ^b   Ryu, Euijung ^b   Sheth , Amit ^a   Wu, Stephen ^b   Pathak, Jyotishman ^b  

^a Wright State University   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

EHealth; Health information search; Health search log; Health seeking behavior; MHealth; Mobile health; Online health information seeking; Search query analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; MALE; MICROCOMPUTER; MOBILE PHONE; PROCEDURES; SEARCH ENGINE;

CELL PHONES; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MALE; MICROCOMPUTERS; SEARCH ENGINE;

EID: 84906217934     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3186     Document Type: Article

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