Contagious Comments: What Was the Online Buzz About the 2011 Quebec Measles Outbreak?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Pereira, Jennifer A ^a   Quach, Susan ^a   Dao, Huy Hao ^b   Kwong, Jeffrey C ^a,c,d,e,f   Deeks, Shelley L ^a,c   Crowcroft, Natasha S ^a,c   Quan, Sherman D ^f   Guay, Maryse ^b,g,h  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^g INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^h HÔPITAL CHARLES LEMOYNE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CANADA; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG SAFETY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HERD IMMUNITY; HUMAN; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPONSIBILITY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MEASLES; QUEBEC;

EID: 84877783018     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064072     Document Type: Article

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