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The Internet Use for Health Information Seeking among Ghanaian University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study

The aim of the study was to investigate university students' use of the Internet for health purpose in the Ghanaian context. The study employed a quantitative cross-sectional design. A total of 650 out of 740 students selected from 3 different universities participated, giving a response rate o...

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Autores principales:	Osei Asibey, Benedict, Agyemang, Seth, Boakye Dankwah, Augustina
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Hindawi 2017
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5684546/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29225620 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1756473

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