The dangers and draw of online communication: Pro-anorexia websites and their implications for users, practitioners, and researchers

Eating Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 181-190

  Tierney, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ONLINE SYSTEM;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; COMMUNICATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERNET; RESEARCH; SELF EFFICACY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33745113500     PISSN: 10640266     EISSN: 1532530X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10640260600638865     Document Type: Article

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