The willingness of medical students to use facebook as a training channel for professional habits: The case of influenza vaccination

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 328-331

  Mena, Guillermo ^a   Llupià, Anna ^a   García Basteiro, Alberto L ^a   Aldea, Marta ^a   Sequera, Victor Guillermo ^a   Trilla, Antoni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; SOCIAL NETWORK; SPAIN; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VACCINATION;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INTERNET; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SPAIN; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; VACCINATION;

EID: 84862520138     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2011.0457     Document Type: Article

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