Gender accommodation in online cancer support groups

Health

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 345-360

  Scale, Clive ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Communication; Comparative keyword analysis; Gender; Internet; Support group

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; PROSTATE TUMOR; SELF HELP; SEX DIFFERENCE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33748678729     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: 14617196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363459306064495     Document Type: Article

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