Interest in Internet Lung Cancer Support Among Rural Cardiothoracic Patients

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-39

  Quin, Jacquelyn ^a   Stams, Victor ^b   Phelps, Beth ^a   Boley, Theresa ^a   Hazelrigg, Stephen ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

access; cancer; data collection; Internet; lung; rural; social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MICROCOMPUTER; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; THORAX SURGERY;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; THORACIC SURGERY;

EID: 77950188705     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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