Correlates of health-related social media use among adults

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Thackeray, Rosemary ^a   Crookston, Benjamin T ^a   West, Joshua H ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer; Health Information; Internet; Social Media

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; STATISTICS; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84877269821     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2297     Document Type: Review

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