Assessment of vaccination-related information for consumers available on Facebook®

Health Information and Libraries Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 227-234

  Buchanan, Rachel ^a   Beckett, Robert D ^b  

^a WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer health information; Health information needs; Information seeking behaviour; Social media; Social networking

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL MEDIA; UTILIZATION; VACCINATION;

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; SOCIAL MEDIA; VACCINATION;

EID: 84906514017     PISSN: 14711834     EISSN: 14711842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hir.12073     Document Type: Article

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