International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 79, Issue 6 , Pages 438-449, June 2010

The influence of text characteristics on perceived and actual difficulty of health information

  • Gondy Leroy

      Affiliations

    • School of Information Systems and Technology, Claremont Graduate University, 130 E. Ninth Street, Claremont, CA 91711, United States
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  • Stephen Helmreich

      Affiliations

    • Department of Information Sciences and Security Systems, Physical Science Laboratory, New Mexico State University, United States
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  • James R. Cowie

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, New Mexico State University, United States

Received 11 November 2009; received in revised form 20 January 2010; accepted 5 February 2010. published online 08 March 2010.

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PII: S1386-5056(10)00041-9

doi:10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2010.02.002

International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 79, Issue 6 , Pages 438-449, June 2010

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