Health organizations providing and seeking social support: A twitter-based content analysis

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 669-673

  Rui, Jian Raymond ^a   Chen, Yixin ^b   Damiano, Amanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERNET; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; INTERNET; ORGANIZATIONS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84884228885     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2012.0350     Document Type: Article

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