Creating communities in cyberspace: Pro-anorexia web sites and social capital: Commentary

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 340-343

  Tierney, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; COMPUTER INTERFACE; HUMAN; INTERNET; NOTE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; HUMANS; INTERNET; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 41649111738     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: 13652850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2007.01190.x     Document Type: Note

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