Trends in the use of the Internet for health purposes in Poland

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Bujnowska Fedak, Maria Magdalena ^a  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cross sectional; Internet use; Internet use for health purposes; Patterns; Profile of Internet user; Sources of health information; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRENDS; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928733926     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1473-3     Document Type: Article

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