Nursing Outlook
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Issues in Internet research

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 Reprint requests: Eun-Ok Im, PhD, MPH, RN, CNS, School of Nursing, University of Texas at Austin, 1700 Red River, Austin, TX 78701.

☆☆ This study was funded by Oncology Nursing Foundation/SmithKline Research Grant.

PII: S0029-6554(03)00017-4

doi: 10.1067/mno.2003.125319

Nursing Outlook
Volume 51, Issue 1 , Pages 6-12 , January 2003