Sharing data for public health research by members of an international online diabetes social network

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Weitzman, Elissa R ^a,b   Adida, Ben ^a   Kelemen, Skyler ^a   Mandl, Kenneth D ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GEOGRAPHY; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL NETWORK; UNITED STATES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 79955701885     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019256     Document Type: Article

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