Using the internet and email for health purposes: The impact of health status

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 690-710

  Goldner, Melinda ^a,b  

^a UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 33746835379     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2006.00404.x     Document Type: Article

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