Patient use of the internet for health information

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 875-877

  Wong, Carmen ^a   Harrison, Christopher ^a   Britt, Helena ^a   Henderson, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Education; Health; Internet; Patient education as a topic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84917689038     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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