Exploring the opinions and perspectives of general practitioners towards the use of social networking sites for concussion management

Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 36-42

  Ahmed, Osman ^a   Sullivan, S John ^a   Schneiders, Anthony ^a   Moon, Sam ^a   McCrory, Paul ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain concussion; General practitioners; Health education; Internet; Social networking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874593090     PISSN: 11726164     EISSN: 11726156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/hc13036     Document Type: Article

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