Online social support networks

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 118-123

  Mehta, Neil ^a   Atreja, Ashish ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERNET; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPPORT GROUP; CONFIDENTIALITY; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL MEDIA;

CONFIDENTIALITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84929071943     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09540261.2015.1015504     Document Type: Article

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