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Finding useful cancer information may reduce cancer information overload for Internet users

Pınar Serçekuş, Hatice Gencer, Sevgi Özkan

Health Information & Libraries Journal · 2020 · 23 citations · 30 references

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Health literacy around cancer information is challenging for frequent Internet users. Health professionals, information specialists and librarians should orient people to reliable sources.

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