Twitter as a source of vaccination information: Content drivers and what they are saying

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 568-570

  Love, Brad ^a   Himelboim, Itai ^b   Holton, Avery ^a   Stewart, Kristin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Information seeking; Internet; Medical information; Social media; Tweet; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CRITICAL THINKING; DOCUMENTATION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; VACCINATION;

BLOGGING; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; VACCINATION;

EID: 84878850555     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.10.016     Document Type: Article

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