Sources of information and behavioral patterns in online health forums: Observational study

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Sudau, Fabian ^a   Friede, Tim ^b   Grabowski, Jens ^a   Koschack, Janka ^b   Makedonski, Philip ^a   Himmel, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

CCSVI; Data mining; Information dissemination; Internet utilization; Multiple sclerosis; Social media; Social networks

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHRONIC CEREBROSPINAL VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATA MINING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; INTERNET UTILIZATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ONLINE SYSTEM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKS; SPINE; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

CCSVI; DATA MINING; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET UTILIZATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKS;

BRAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SPINE; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84893607718     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2875     Document Type: Article

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