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Medicine 2.0: Social Media, Open, Participatory, Collaborative Medicine (2010) Peer-to-Peer Support and Online Communities (860) Information Seeking, Information Needs (604) Diabetes (304) Diabetes Self-Management (652)

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Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/82996, first published .
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Social Support Mechanisms in an Online Type 1 Diabetes Community: Social Network Analysis of Stakeholder Diversity and Disease Duration

Social Support Mechanisms in an Online Type 1 Diabetes Community: Social Network Analysis of Stakeholder Diversity and Disease Duration

Authors of this article:

Yujia Zhu1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Yanxiang Zhang2 Author Orcid Image ;   Chenxiao Zhao2 Author Orcid Image ;   Xifeng Zeng3 Author Orcid Image ;   Xueying Zheng1 Author Orcid Image
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Yujia Zhu   1, 2 * , MJC ;   Yanxiang Zhang   2 * , PhD ;   Chenxiao Zhao   2 , MJC ;   Xifeng Zeng   3 , BE ;   Xueying Zheng   1 , MD

1 Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China

2 Department of Communication of Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China

3 Shenzhen Aibowei Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (Tangtangquan), Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

*these authors contributed equally

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  • Xueying Zheng, MD
  • Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism
  • The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China
  • No. 5 Building, South Campus (Anhui Provincial Hospital)
  • Hefei, Anhui 230036
  • China
  • Phone: 86 13750400548
  • Email: lxyzheng@ustc.edu.cn