Access to communication technologies in a sample of cancer patients: An urban and rural survey

BMC Cancer

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Abdullah, Ma'n ^a   Theobald, Dale E ^b   Butler, Donna ^b   Kroenke, Kurt ^a   Perkins, Anthony ^a   Edgerton, Sara ^b   Dugan Jr , William M ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Podiatry   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; RURAL AREA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME CARE; NEOPLASM; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INDIANA; INTERNET; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RURAL POPULATION; TELEPHONE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 26844525843     PISSN: 14712407     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-5-18     Document Type: Article

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