Internet use, browsing, and the urban poor: Implications for cancer control

Journal of the National Cancer Institute - Monographs

Volumn , Issue 47, 2013, Pages 199-205

  Viswanath, K ^a,b   Mccloud, Rachel ^a,b   Minsky, Sara ^b   Puleo, Elaine ^c   Kontos, Emily ^a   Bigman galimore, Cabral ^a,b   Rudd, Rima ^a   Emmons, Karen M ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STATUS; TRAINING; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; NEOPLASM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; POVERTY; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84892454931     PISSN: 10526773     EISSN: 17456614     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1093/jncimonographs/lgt029     Document Type: Article

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