Internet use among mothers of young children in Norway—a survey of Internet habits and perceived parental competence when caring for a sick child

Journal of Public Health (Germany)

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 423-431

  Skranes, Lars Petter ^a   Løhaugen, Gro C C ^a,b   Botngård, Anja ^a   Skranes, Jon ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Sorlandet Hospital   (Norway)

Author keywords

Child care; Consumer health information; Internet; Mothers; Self perceived competence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939896329     PISSN: 09431853     EISSN: 16132238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10389-014-0631-x     Document Type: Article

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