Major infection events over 5 years: How is media coverage influencing online information needs of health care professionals and the public?

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Kostkova, Patty ^a   Fowler, David ^a   Wiseman, Sue ^a   Weinberg, Julius R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data mining; Infectious outbreaks; Information seeking behavior; Online information needs; Weblogs analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA MINING; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTIOUS OUTBREAKS; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; MASS MEDIUM; ONLINE INFORMATION NEEDS; PUBLIC OPINION; UNITED KINGDOM; WEBLOGS ANALYSIS;

DATA MINING; INFECTIOUS OUTBREAKS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; ONLINE INFORMATION NEEDS; WEBLOGS ANALYSIS;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTION; INTERNET; MASS MEDIA; PUBLIC OPINION;

EID: 84883417027     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2146     Document Type: Article

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