Using blogging tools to help individuals record their experiences: An exploration and review of two commercial web applications in the Netherlands

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 130, Issue , 2007, Pages 193-203

  Adams, Samantha A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blogs; Health Promotion; Lay Health Practices; Patients; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE;

COMMUNICATION APPLICATION; DISEASE PREVENTION; HEALTH PROMOTION; INTERNET RESEARCH; LAY HEALTH PRACTICES; LITERATURE REVIEWS; PATIENTS; WEB 2.0;

BLOGS;

ARTICLE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

COMMUNICATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNET; NETHERLANDS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 52149101601     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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