Use of the Internet and e-mail for health care information: results from a national survey.

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• Publication year

  2003

• Venue

  Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)

• Publication date

  2003-05-14

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1001/JAMA.289.18.2400PMID 12746364
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