High school students' perspective on the features of consumer health information websites
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The main aim of study was to identify the primary source of health information seeking among high school students and the characteristics of quality consumer health information from their perspective. A cross sectional descriptive survey was used to conduct the study utilizing a valid questionnaire. The first source of health information seeking for most of the high school student
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Webology
دوره 13 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016