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Medicine 2.0: Social Media, Open, Participatory, Collaborative Medicine (1552) Participatory Medicine & E-Patients (758) Focus Groups and Qualitative Research for Human Factors Research (763) General Parenting Education and Training (50) Parenting (242) Perinatal Education for Parents (208) Social Media for Parenting (36)

Published on in Vol 21, No 7 (2019): July

Mothers’ Perceptions of the Internet and Social Media as Sources of Parenting and Health Information: Qualitative Study

Mothers’ Perceptions of the Internet and Social Media as Sources of Parenting and Health Information: Qualitative Study

Mothers’ Perceptions of the Internet and Social Media as Sources of Parenting and Health Information: Qualitative Study

Authors of this article:

Rachel Y Moon1 Author Orcid Image ;   Anita Mathews2 Author Orcid Image ;   Rosalind Oden2 Author Orcid Image ;   Rebecca Carlin2 Author Orcid Image
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