Adoption and use of social media among public health departments

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Thackeray, Rosemary ^a   Neiger, Brad L ^a   Smith, Amanda K ^a   Van Wagenen, Sarah B ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL MEDIA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862777180     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-242     Document Type: Article

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