Social Media Use Among Adolescent Patients Visiting an Inner City Pediatric Emergency Department

Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 147-161

  Christian Kopp, Sarah ^a   Sinha, Madhumita ^b   Chen, Angela Chia Chen ^c   Lovecchio, Frank ^b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MARICOPA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent; emergency; health information; social media; social networking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861985602     PISSN: 15398285     EISSN: 15398293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15398285.2012.673463     Document Type: Article

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