The use of an online forum for health information by married Korean women in the United States

Information Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Kim, Soojung ^a   Yoon, JungWon ^b  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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