An Experimental Study of Homophily in the Adoption of Health Behavior
- 2 December 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 334 (6060), 1269-1272
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1207055
Abstract
Greater similarity of paired obese participants in an online network increased access to and adoption of health behaviors.Keywords
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