Predictors of supportive message expression and reception in an interactive cancer communication system

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1106-1121

  Kim, Eunkyung ^a   Han, Jeong Yeob ^b   Shah, Dhavan ^a   Shaw, Bret ^a   McTavish, Fiona ^a   Gustafson, David H ^a   Fan, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; COMPUTER INTERFACE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84856836486     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2011.571337     Document Type: Conference Paper

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