Twitter as a Sentinel in Emergency Situations: Lessons from the Boston Marathon Explosions

PLoS Currents

Volumn , Issue JUNE, 2013, Pages

  Cassa, Christopher A ^a   Chunara, Rumi ^c   Mandl, Kenneth ^c   Brownstein, John S ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOMB; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EXPLOSION; HUMAN; MASS COMMUNICATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84879771223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21573999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/currents.dis.ad70cd1c8bc585e9470046cde334ee4b     Document Type: Article

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