Plastic surgery marketing in a generation of "tweeting"

Aesthetic Surgery Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 972-976

  Wong, Wendy W ^a   Gupta, Subhas C ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

advertising; Facebook; marketing; social media; social networking; Twitter

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ESTHETIC SURGERY; INTERNET; PATIENT EDUCATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONALISM; SOCIAL MARKETING; SURGEON;

BLOGGING; HUMANS; INTERNET; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; PHYSICIANS; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOCIAL MEDIA; SURGERY, PLASTIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80755123265     PISSN: 1090820X     EISSN: 1527330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090820X11423764     Document Type: Article

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