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Are Social Networking Sites Making Health Behavior Change Interventions More Effective? A Meta-Analytic Review

Qinghua YangAnnenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 223-233 | Published online: 16 Feb 2017

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