Quality of online information on type 2 diabetes: A cross-sectional study

Health Promotion International

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 821-831

  Ninaweymann, ^a   Harter, Martin ^a   Dirmaier, Jorg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Health information; Internet; Medical decision making

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; MULTILINGUALISM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PROCEDURES; SEARCH ENGINE; STANDARDS;

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GERMANY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; MULTILINGUALISM; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEARCH ENGINE;

EID: 84959322756     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dau019     Document Type: Article

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