Communicating genetics and smoking through social media: Are we there yet?

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Viron, Sylviane De ^a,b,c   Suggs, Suzanne L ^d   Brand, Angela ^b,c   Oyen, Herman Van ^a  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Genetics; Internet; Public health genomics; Smoking; Social media; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HUMAN; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH GENOMICS; SEARCH ENGINE; SMOKING; SOCIAL MEDIA; TELEMEDICINE; WEB 2.0; PROCEDURES;

GENETICS; INTERNET; PUBLIC HEALTH GENOMICS; SMOKING; SOCIAL MEDIA; WEB 2.0;

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; GENOMICS; HUMANS; INTERNET; SEARCH ENGINE; SMOKING; SOCIAL MEDIA; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84887711590     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2653     Document Type: Article

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