Who's talking about breast cancer? Analysis of daily breast cancer posts on the internet

Breast

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 24-27

  Quinn, Edel M ^a   Corrigan, Mark A ^a   McHugh, Seamus M ^b   Murphy, David ^c   O'Mullane, John ^c   Hill, Arnold D ^b   Redmond, Henry Paul ^a  

^a University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

^b BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Discussion forums; Internet; Online; Patient information

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION SERVICE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84871712290     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: 15323080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2012.05.001     Document Type: Article

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