Feeling Blue? Go Online: An Empirical Study of Social Support Among Patients

Lu Yan
Lu Yan
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Department of Operations and Decision Technologies, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405
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Yong Tan
Yong Tan
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Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195
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Lu Yan

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Department of Operations and Decision Technologies, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405

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Yong Tan

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Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195

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Published Online:28 Oct 2014https://doi.org/10.1287/isre.2014.0538

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Lu Yan, Yong Tan (2014) Feeling Blue? Go Online: An Empirical Study of Social Support Among Patients. Information Systems Research 25(4):690-709.

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