Public health surveillance of dental pain via Twitter

Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1047-1051

  Heaivilin, N ^a   Gerbert, B ^a   Page, J E ^b   Gibbs, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Datajockeyorg ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

odontalgia; pain; social networking; surveillance; toothache; Twitter

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; DENTAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; TOOTH PAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ASIA; BLOGGING; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; DENTAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; TOOTHACHE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051712818     PISSN: 00220345     EISSN: 15440591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022034511415273     Document Type: Article

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