Aging 2.0: Health Information about Dementia on Twitter

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Robillard, Julie M ^a   Johnson, Thomas W ^a   Hennessey, Craig ^a   Beattie, B Lynn ^a   Illes, Judy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ONLINE SYSTEM; PREDICTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL MEDIA; WEB BROWSER;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; DEMENTIA; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INTERNET;

EID: 84880808526     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069861     Document Type: Article

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