Online Cancer News: Trends Regarding Article Types, Specific Cancers, and the Cancer Continuum

Health Communication

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 41-50

  Hurley, Ryan J ^a   Riles, Julius Matthew ^b   Sangalang, Angeline ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOMETRICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MASS MEDIUM; NEOPLASM; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

BIBLIOMETRICS; COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84889238633     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: 15327027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2012.715538     Document Type: Article

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