Making House Calls: Using Telecommunications to Bring Health Care into the Home
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Making house calls: using telecommunications to bring health care into the home.
According to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, an estimated 22 million Americans used their computers to seek medical information in 1995, making health concerns the sixth most common reason for using the Internet in the United States. Market research firms estimate that the number of people going online for this purpose is growing by 70% annually. Developments in computer technology, the Inte...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health Perspectives
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0091-6765
DOI: 10.2307/3454468