The role of social media in recruiting for clinical trials in pregnancy

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Shere, Mahvash ^a,b   Zhao, Xiu Yan ^c   Koren, Gideon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNET; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL MEDIA; TELEPHONE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL MEDIA; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899903746     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092744     Document Type: Article

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