Characteristics of cancer blog users

Journal of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 445-450

  Kim, Sujin ^a   Chung, Deborah S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BLOG; CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER NETWORK; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36148994263     PISSN: 15365050     EISSN: 15589439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3163/1536-5050.95.4.445     Document Type: Article

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