Intentions to trust and share online health rumors: An experiment with medical professionals

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 87, Issue , 2018, Pages 1-9

  Chua, Alton Y K ^a   Banerjee, Snehasish ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Digital health; Information seeking; Rumor; Share; Trust

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

CANCER; DIGITAL HEALTHS; INFORMATION SEEKING; RUMOR; SHARE; TRUST;

DISEASES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION SEEKING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRUST; TUMOR-RELATED GENE;

EID: 85048540139     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2018.05.021     Document Type: Article

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