Real-time sharing and expression of migraine headache suffering on twitter: A cross-sectional infodemiology study

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Nascimento, Thiago D ^a   DosSantos, Marcos F ^a   Danciu, Theodora ^b   DeBoer, Misty ^a   Van Holsbeeck, Hendrik ^a   Lucas, Sarah R ^a   Aiello, Christine ^a   Khatib, Leen ^a   Bender, Marycatherine C A ^a   Zubieta, Jon Kar ^c   DaSilva, Alexandre F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Headache; Migraine; Social media; Twitter

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLASSIFICATION; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRAINE; NOMENCLATURE; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL MEDIA; TWITTER;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEADACHE; MIGRAINE; SOCIAL MEDIA; TWITTER;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL MEDIA; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84901455545     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3265     Document Type: Article

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