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Digital Health Reviews (1489) Loneliness and Social Isolation (121) Internet Access and Digital Technology Use in an Elderly Population (271) Medicine 2.0: Social Media, Open, Participatory, Collaborative Medicine (1771)

Published on in Vol 23, No 3 (2021): March

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/23588, first published .
The Effect of Information and Communication Technology and Social Networking Site Use on Older People’s Well-Being in Relation to Loneliness: Review of Experimental Studies

The Effect of Information and Communication Technology and Social Networking Site Use on Older People’s Well-Being in Relation to Loneliness: Review of Experimental Studies

The Effect of Information and Communication Technology and Social Networking Site Use on Older People’s Well-Being in Relation to Loneliness: Review of Experimental Studies

Authors of this article:

Georgia Casanova1 Author Orcid Image ;   Daniele Zaccaria2 Author Orcid Image ;   Elena Rolandi3 Author Orcid Image ;   Antonio Guaita3 Author Orcid Image
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