Social network thresholds in the diffusion of innovations

Social Networks

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 69-89

  Valente, Thomas W ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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EID: 0029685581     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-8733(95)00256-1     Document Type: Article

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