Health information seeking and the world wide web: An uncertainty management perspective

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1296-1307

  Rains, Stephen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNCERTAINTY; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920273745     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2013.872731     Document Type: Article

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