Methodological considerations in analyzing twitter data

Journal of the National Cancer Institute - Monographs

Volumn , Issue 47, 2013, Pages 140-146

  Kim, Annice E ^a   Hansen, Heather M ^a   Murphy, Joe ^a   Richards, Ashley K ^a   Duke, Jennifer ^a   Allen, Jane A ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RESEARCH; DATA ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; WEB BROWSER; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEOPLASM; SOCIAL MEDIA;

BLOGGING; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84892459120     PISSN: 10526773     EISSN: 17456614     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1093/jncimonographs/lgt026     Document Type: Article

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