User perceptions of a dementia risk reduction website and its promotion of behavior change

JMIR Research Protocols

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Farrow, Maree ^a,b  

^a Alzheimer's Australia   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Evaluation studies; Health communication; Risk reduction behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 85096047600     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19290748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/resprot.2372     Document Type: Article

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