A pilot study of internet usage patterns in a group of italian university students

Italian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 67-72

  Coniglio, Maria Anna ^a   Sidoti, Enza ^b   Pignato, Sarina ^a   Giammanco, Giuseppe ^a   Marranzano, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Internet attitudes and behaviours; Internet usage patterns; University students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863478457     PISSN: 17237815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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