Is Online Health Activity Alive and Well or Flatlining? Findings from 10 Years of the Health Information National Trends Survey

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 790-798

  Prestin, Abby ^a,b   Vieux, Sana N ^a   Chou, Wen Ying Sylvia ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR TOBACCO PRODUCTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; E-MAIL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEMALE; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84934798943     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2015.1018590     Document Type: Review

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