National and local influenza surveillance through twitter: An analysis of the 2012-2013 influenza epidemic

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Broniatowski, David A ^a,b   Paul, Michael J ^c   Dredze, Mark ^c  

^a George Washington University   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; UNITED STATES;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); EPIDEMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84891941337     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083672     Document Type: Article

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