Digital social networks and health

Circulation

Volumn 127, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 1829-1836

  Lefebvre, R Craig ^a,b   Bornkessel, Alexandra S ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease prevention; Digital health; Obesity; Patient education; Patient centered care; Self management; Social media; Social networks

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INTERNET; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84876979665     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.000897     Document Type: Article

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