Characteristics of midlife women recruited through internet communities/groups

CIN - Computers Informatics Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-48

  Im, Eun Ok ^a,c   Jeong Shin, Hyun ^a   Chee, Wonshik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c La Quinta Motor Inns Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet communities; Internet research; Midlife women; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 37349130940     PISSN: 15382931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NCN.0000304760.49048.d6     Document Type: Article

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