Changes over time in the utilization of disease-related internet information in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients 2007 to 2013

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2014, Pages e195-

  Kowalski, Christoph ^a   Kahana, Eva ^b   Kuhr, Kathrin ^c   Ansmann, Lena ^a   Pfaff, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Digital divide; Disease related internet information; Hospital differences; Multilevel analysis

Indexed keywords

AGED; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTILIZATION;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84907501596     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3289     Document Type: Article

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