Seeking health- and nutrition-related information on the Internet in a large population of French adults: Results of the NutriNet-Santé study

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 2039-2046

  Fassier, Philippine ^a   Chhim, Anne Sophie ^a   Andreeva, Valentina A ^a   Hercberg, Serge ^a,b   Latino Martel, Paule ^a   Pouchieu, Camille ^a   Touvier, Mathilde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

General population; Health information; Information seeking; Internet; Nutrition information; Websites

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AWARENESS; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FRENCHMAN; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NUTRITION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKILL; DIET; FRANCE; INFORMATION SEEKING; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84963600082     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114516001355     Document Type: Article

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