Interaction patterns of nurturant support exchanged in online health social networking

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Chuang, Katherine Y ^a   Yang, Christopher C ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Social media; Social support

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERNET; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

HUMANS; INTERNET; PATIENTS; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84864258732     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.1824     Document Type: Conference Paper

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