The association between online health information-seeking behaviors and health behaviors among hispanics in New York city: A community-based cross-sectional study

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Lee, Young Ji ^a   Boden Albala, Bernadette ^b   Jia, Haomiao ^c   Wilcox, Adam ^d   Bakken, Suzanne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer health information; Health behavior; Hispanic Americans; Information seeking behavior; Internet

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; MALE; NEW YORK; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84948949382     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.4368     Document Type: Article

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