The Role of Family as a Source of Health Information Among College Students.
The internet has increasingly become a major source of health information, especially for college-age adults, who spend a significant amount of time online. This article investigates sources used by US college students to acquire health information. College students aged 18–25 years old (n = 189) fr...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Community Health Vol. 50; no. 4; pp. 613 - 623 |
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