Online maritime health information: An overview of the situation

International Maritime Health

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 139-144

  Guitton, Matthieu J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Medical information; Online survey; PEMAT; Readability; Seafarer health

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSION; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT EDUCATION; SHIP; SOCIAL MEDIA; STANDARDS;

COMPREHENSION; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HUMANS; INTERNET; NAVAL MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SHIPS; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84975755311     PISSN: 16419251     EISSN: 20813252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5603/IMH.2015.0028     Document Type: Article

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