Social Networking Site Usage among Childhood Cancer Survivors-A Potential Tool for Research Recruitment?

Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 349-354

  Seltzer, Erica D ^a   Stolley, Melinda R ^a   Mensah, Edward K ^a   Sharp, Lisa K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer survivor; Facebook; Research study recruitment; Social networking site

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL NETWORK; SURVIVOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84905732518     PISSN: 19322259     EISSN: 19322267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11764-014-0348-4     Document Type: Article

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