Lessons from social network analyses for behavioral medicine

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-143

  Rosenquist, James N ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

health behaviors; relationships; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD DISORDER; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIOLOGY;

BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 79951580698     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e3283438061     Document Type: Article

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