Scoping review on search queries and social media for disease surveillance: A chronology of innovation

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Bernardo, Theresa Marie ^a   Rajic, Andrijana ^b,c,d   Young, Ian ^b,c   Robiadek, Katie ^e   Pham, Mai T ^b,c   Funk, Julie A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease; Review; Social media; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; DISEASES; REVIEW; SURVEILLANCE;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SOCIAL MEDIA;

DISEASE; REVIEW; SOCIAL MEDIA; SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84883359291     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2740     Document Type: Article

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