"hidden" social networks in behavior change interventions

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 513-516

  Hunter, Ruth F ^a   McAneney, Helen ^a   Davis, Michael ^a   Tully, Mark A ^a   Valente, Thomas W ^b   Kee, Frank ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; NORTHERN IRELAND; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOMETRIC STATUS;

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; NORTHERN IRELAND; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84922698353     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302399     Document Type: Article

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