A qualitative analysis of orthodontic-related posts on Twitter

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 203-207

  Henzell, M Rachel ^a   Knight, A Margaret ^a   Morgaine, K C ^a   Antoun, J S ^a   Farella, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Orthodontic experiences; Qualitative analysis; Social media; Twitter

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; HUMAN; INTERNET; LANGUAGE; NEW ZEALAND; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; ORTHODONTICS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL MEDIA;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOGGING; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNET; LANGUAGE; NEW ZEALAND; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES; ORTHODONTICS, CORRECTIVE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84896798885     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: 19457103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2319/051013-355.1     Document Type: Article

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