The who and the what of usage of two cancer online communities

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1249-1257

  Blank, Thomas O ^a   Adams Blodnieks, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Gender; Health; Internet; Support

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DISEASES; INTERNET; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT;

GENDER-SPECIFIC NOTIONS; INTIMACY/SEXUALITY; MEDICAL TREATMENT;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 33846097225     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2004.12.003     Document Type: Article

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