The ethics of internet research

Online Journal of Nursing Informatics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Williams, Susan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Data collection; Ethics; Internet; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872590547     PISSN: 10899758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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