What's happening? A content analysis of concussion-related traffic on Twitter

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 258-263

  Sullivan, S John ^a   Schneiders, Anthony G ^a   Cheang, Choon Wi ^a   Kitto, Emma ^a   Lee, Hopin ^a   Redhead, Jason ^a   Ward, Sarah ^a   Ahmed, Osman H ^a   McCrory, Paul R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICS;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; BLOGGING; BRAIN CONCUSSION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84858152464     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2010.080341     Document Type: Article

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