Internet communities: Do they improve coping with diabetes?

Diabetes Educator

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 825-836

  Zrebiec, John F ^a  

^a JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 28844448701     PISSN: 01457217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145721705282162     Document Type: Article

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