Assessment of the Level of Internet Addiction among Nursing Students at Selected College, Kancheepuram District.
Introduction :The explosive growth of internet in the last decade has had a huge impact on communication and interpersonal behavior. Addictive use of the internet is a new phenomenon that threatens to develop into a major public health issue in the near future in India. It is influencing the life st...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Nursing Education Vol. 11; no. 3; pp. 57 - 60 |
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