An observational study of how young people search for online sexual health information.
Little is known about the quality of online sexual health information, how young people access the Internet to answer their sexual health questions, or an individual's ability to sort through myriad sources for accurate information. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine how college s...
| Publicado en: | Journal of American College Health Vol. 58; no. 2; pp. 101 - 112 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Sep/Oct2009
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