Consumer health information seeking in social media: a literature review

Health Information and Libraries Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 268-283

  Zhao, Yuehua ^a   Zhang, Jin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

consumer health information; health information needs; information seeking behaviour; social media

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL MEDIA; STANDARDS; UTILIZATION;

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 85031668582     PISSN: 14711834     EISSN: 14711842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hir.12192     Document Type: Review

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