Social media and online health services: A health empowerment perspective to online health information

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue , 2014, Pages 404-412

  Mano, Rita S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Health empowerment; Online health information; Online health services; Social media

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HEALTH; INFORMATION USE; INTERNET;

HEALTH INFORMATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES; INTERNET ATTITUDES; ONLINE HEALTH INFORMATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS; SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84922518767     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.07.032     Document Type: Article

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