Social Networking Among Upper Extremity Patients

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Rozental, Tamara D ^a   George, Tina M ^a   Chacko, Aron T ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer use; Facebook; Internet; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER NETWORK; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; WEB BROWSER;

EID: 77951620589     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2009.12.043     Document Type: Article

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