Exploring the potential of web 2.0 to address health disparities

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 77-89

  Gibbons, M Chris ^a   Fleisher, Linda ^b   Slamon, Rachel E ^b   Bass, Sarah ^c   Kandadai, Venk ^b   Beck, J Robert ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; SOCIAL MEDIA;

HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84856397357     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2011.596916     Document Type: Article

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