Characteristics of cancer patients in Internet cancer support groups

CIN - Computers Informatics Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 334-343

  Im, Eun Ok ^a   Chee, Wonshik ^a   Liu, Yi ^a   Lim, Hyun Ju ^a   Guevara, Enrique ^a   Tsai, Hsiu Min ^b   Clark, Maresha ^a   Bender, Melinda ^a   Shin, Hyunjeong ^a   Kim, Kyung Suk ^a   Kim, Young Hee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cancer patients; Internet cancer support groups; Sociodemographic characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATIENT; SELF HELP; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENTS; SELF-HELP GROUPS;

EID: 36248987837     PISSN: 15382931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NCN.0000299655.21401.9d     Document Type: Article

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