Peer-to-peer computing in health-promoting voluntary organizations: A system design analysis

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 425-440

  Irestig, Magnus ^a   Hallberg, Niklas ^a   Eriksson, Henrik ^a   Timpka, Toomas ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Health education; Health informatics; Health promotion; Information retrieval; Peer to peer computing; Voluntary health organizations

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER NETWORK; EMPLOYEE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; VOLUNTARY PROGRAM;

COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; COMPUTER SECURITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; LABOR UNIONS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PEER GROUP; SOFTWARE DESIGN; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 23944478462     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-005-6100-x     Document Type: Article

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