Social network visualization in epidemiology

Norsk Epidemiologi

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-16

  Christakis, Nicholas A ^a,c   Fowler, James H ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ONLINE SYSTEM; PHOTOGRAPHY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL MEDICINE; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIALIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 68349156034     PISSN: 08032491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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