Internet's dirty secret: Assessing the impact of online intermediaries on HIV transmission

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 955-975

  Chan, Jason ^a   Ghose, Anindya ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Classified ad sites; HIV; Internet; Online intermediaries; Transmission route

Indexed keywords

INTERNET;

CLASSIFIED AD SITES; HIV TRANSMISSION; NATURAL EXPERIMENT; ONLINE INTERMEDIARIES; ONLINE PLATFORMS; RISKY BEHAVIORS; TRANSMISSION ROUTE; TREATMENT COSTS;

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84938928561     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: 21629730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.25300/misq/2014/38.4.01     Document Type: Article

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