Mobile phone text messaging overuse among developing world university students

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Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 63-79

  Perry, Stephen D ^a   Lee, Kevin C ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Africa; Mobile phones; Synchronous communication; Text messaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956956074     PISSN: 02500167     EISSN: 17535379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02500160701685417     Document Type: Article

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