Help Isatyour keyboard: Support groups on the internet

Group Communication in Context: Studies of Bona Fide Groups, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 309-334

  Alexander, Stewart C ^a   Peterson, Jennifer L ^b   Hollingshead, Andrea B ^c  

^a Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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