A survey of Internet utilization among patients with cancer

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1183-1190

  Castleton, Kimra ^a   Fong, Thomas ^b   Wang Gillam, Andrea ^a   Waqar, Muhammad A ^c   Jeffe, Donna B ^a   Kehlenbrink, Lisa ^a   Gao, Feng ^d   Govindan, Ramaswamy ^a,d  

^a USA   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c BROOKLYN HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Education; Internet; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051591632     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-010-0935-5     Document Type: Article

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