Older Adults' Health Information Wants in the Internet Age: Implications for Patient–Provider Relationships

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Journal of health communication

• Publication date

  2009-08-31

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Sociology

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  DOI 10.1080/10810730903089614PMID 19731124
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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