Chronically Connected? Internet Use Among Adolescents With Chronic Conditions

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 200-202

  Suris, Joan Carles ^a   Akré, Christina ^a   Berchtold, André ^a   Bélanger, Richard E ^a   Michaud, Pierre André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Chronic illness; Internet

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; MALE; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 74649087334     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.07.008     Document Type: Article

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