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Internet use by family members of intensive care unit patients: a pilot study

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  1. CHU Rennes, Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Réanimation Médicale, 35033, Rennes, France

    Pierre Bouju, Jean-Marc Tadié, Fabrice Uhel, Julien Letheulle, Pierre Fillatre, Sylvain Lavoué, Christophe Camus, Yves Le Tulzo & Arnaud Gacouin

  2. Faculté de Médecine, Université Rennes1, Biosit, 35043, Rennes, France

    Pierre Bouju, Jean-Marc Tadié, Fabrice Uhel, Julien Letheulle, Christophe Camus, Yves Le Tulzo & Arnaud Gacouin

  3. Inserm-CIC-1414, Faculté de Médecine, Université Rennes I, IFRI 40, 35033, Rennes, France

    Jean-Marc Tadié, Fabrice Uhel & Yves Le Tulzo

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Bouju, P., Tadié, JM., Uhel, F. et al. Internet use by family members of intensive care unit patients: a pilot study. Intensive Care Med 40, 1175–1176 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-014-3371-z

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