Births, deaths, sex and marriage . . . but very few presents? A case study of social support in cyberspace

Critical Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-18

  Muncer, Steven ^a   Burrows, Roger ^b   Pleace, Nicholas ^b   Loader, Brian ^b   Nettleton, Sarah ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 28244499317     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713658221     Document Type: Article

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