Physicians who use social media and other internet-based communication technologies

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 960-964

  Cooper, Crystale Purvis ^a   Gelb, Cynthia A ^a,b   Rim, Sun Hee ^b   Hawkins, Nikki A ^b   Polonec, Lindsey ^b  

^a Soltera Center for Cancer Prevention and Control   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; E-MAIL; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; TOOL USE;

ADULT; BLOGGING; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL MEDIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867661802     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2011-000628     Document Type: Article

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