"It's got to be on this page": Age and cognitive style in a study of online health information seeking

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Agree, Emily M ^a   King, Abby C ^b   Castro, Cynthia M ^b   Wiley, Adrienne ^c   Borzekowski, Dina L G ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Kauffman and Assoc Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Age groups; eHealth; Field dependence independence; Health literacy; Internet

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84929663528     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3352     Document Type: Article

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