Could behavioral medicine lead the web data revolution?

JAMA

Volumn 311, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 1399-1400

  Ayers, John W ^a   Althouse, Benjamin M ^b   Dredze, Mark ^c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; GOOGLE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEARCH ENGINE; SHORT SURVEY; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; WEB BROWSER;

BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 84898767960     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2014.1505     Document Type: Short Survey

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