Issues in Internet Survey Research among Cancer Patients

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 34-44

  Im, Eun Ok ^a   Chee, Wonshik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet; Issues; Nursing; Online cancer patients; Research; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RESEARCH; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MOTIVATION; NURSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0742269925     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200401000-00005     Document Type: Review

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