Research ArticleOriginal Research
Family Medicine Patients’ Use of the Internet for Health Information: A MetroNet Study
Kendra L. Schwartz, Thomas Roe, Justin Northrup, James Meza, Raouf Seifeldin and Anne Victoria Neale
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine January 2006, 19 (1) 39-45; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.19.1.39
Kendra L. Schwartz
MD, MSPH
Thomas Roe
MD
Justin Northrup
MPT
James Meza
MD
Raouf Seifeldin
MD
Anne Victoria Neale
PhD, MPH
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January-February 2006
Family Medicine Patients’ Use of the Internet for Health Information: A MetroNet Study
Kendra L. Schwartz, Thomas Roe, Justin Northrup, James Meza, Raouf Seifeldin, Anne Victoria Neale
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine Jan 2006, 19 (1) 39-45; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.19.1.39
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