International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume 44, Issue 7 , Pages 1261-1269 , September 2007

Internet communities for recruitment of cancer patients into an internet survey: A discussion paper

  • Eun-Ok Im

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of Texas at Austin, 1700 Red River, Austin, TX 78701, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +15124717971; fax: +15124713688.
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  • Wonshik Chee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 1700 Red River, Austin, TX 78701, USA
    • ,
  • Hsiu-Min Tsai

      Affiliations

    • Chang Gung Institute of Technology, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Melinda Bender

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of Texas at Austin, 1700 Red River, Austin, TX 78701, USA
    • ,
  • Hyun Ju Lim

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of Texas at Austin, 1700 Red River, Austin, TX 78701, USA

Received 23 December 2005 ,Revised 16 June 2006 ,Accepted 13 July 2006.

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PII: S0020-7489(06)00219-7

doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2006.07.003

International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume 44, Issue 7 , Pages 1261-1269 , September 2007

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