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To read or not to read? Identifying communication patterns in three cancer-related Facebook pages

Priscila BiancovilliLaboratório de Imunologia Tumoral Dra. Ottilia Affonso Mitidieri, Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Carlos Chagas Filho, 373 Bloco H sala H2003, Cidade Universitária, Rio de JaneiroCEP 21941-902, BrazilView further author information
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Luisa PicançoLaboratório de Imunologia Tumoral Dra. Ottilia Affonso Mitidieri, Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Carlos Chagas Filho, 373 Bloco H sala H2003, Cidade Universitária, Rio de JaneiroCEP 21941-902, BrazilView further author information
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Claudia JurbergLaboratório de Imunologia Tumoral Dra. Ottilia Affonso Mitidieri, Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Carlos Chagas Filho, 373 Bloco H sala H2003, Cidade Universitária, Rio de JaneiroCEP 21941-902, BrazilCorrespondence[email protected]
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Alvares ClaudiaUniversidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
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Article: 1331816 | Received 09 Mar 2017, Accepted 11 May 2017, Published online: 24 May 2017

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