Blogging: A new tool for coping and accessing psycho-social support for people living with HIV?

E-Health Communities and Online Self-Help Groups: Applications and Usage

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 106-120

  Strand, Cecilia ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84898333583     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-866-8.ch007     Document Type: Chapter

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