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Demographics of Users, Social & Digital Divide (1272) Mobile Health (mhealth) (5080) Medicine 2.0: Social Media, Open, Participatory, Collaborative Medicine (2653) Equity and Digital Divide (506) Use and User Demographics of mHealth (497) Mass Media/Social Media Communication and Campaigns (787) Information Seeking, Information Needs (648) Information Demand (62)

Published on in Vol 24, No 1 (2022): January

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/24086, first published .
NIH.gov website on a smartphone displaying health topics like coronavirus and mental health.

The Digital Divide and Seeking Health Information on Smartphones in Asia: Survey Study of Ten Countries

The Digital Divide and Seeking Health Information on Smartphones in Asia: Survey Study of Ten Countries

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Xiaohui Wang1 Author Orcid Image ;   Jingyuan Shi2 Author Orcid Image ;   Kwan Min Lee3 Author Orcid Image
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