Are virtual communities good for our health?

BMJ

Volumn 332, Issue 7547, 2006, Pages 925-926

  Jadad, Alejandro R ^a   Enkin, Murray W ^a   Glouberman, Sholom ^a   Groff, Philip ^b   Stern, Anita ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b BAYCREST CENTRE FOR GERIATRIC CARE   (Canada)

^c SMARTRISK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; COMMUNITY; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH EDUCATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY; VIRTUAL REALITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NOTE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; STANDARD;

HEALTH PERSONNEL; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

EID: 33646034353     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.925     Document Type: Editorial

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