Use of a pregnancy support web site by low-income African American women

JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 713-720

  Herman, JoAnne ^a   Mock, Kathryn ^b   Blackwell, Deborah ^c   Hulsey, Tara ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MasVerde LLC   (United States)

^c Carolinas College of Health Sciences   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Internet; Pregnancy; Social support; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 28144440468     PISSN: 08842175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0884217505282019     Document Type: Article

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