Using social media and internet data for public health surveillance: The importance of talking

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 34-39

  Hartley, David M ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSURVEILLANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL MEDIA;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84895810518     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: 14680009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.12039     Document Type: Note

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