Variations in structure and content of online social networks for patients with diabetes

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 1589-1591

  Shrank, William H ^a,b   Choudhry, Niteesh K ^a   Swanton, Kellie ^b   Jain, Sachin ^c   Greene, Jeremy A ^a,b   Harlam, Bari ^d   Patel, Kavita P ^e  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services   (United States)

^d CVS Caremark   (United States)

^e BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FUNDING; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; ONLINE ANALYTICAL PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL NETWORK;

DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; INTERNET; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 80053357478     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.407     Document Type: Article

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