Health Care and Social Media Platforms in Hospitals

Health Communication

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 947-952

  McCarroll, Michele L ^a   Armbruster, Shannon D ^a   Chung, Jae Eun ^b   Kim, Junghyun ^b   McKenzie, Alissa ^c   von Gruenigen, Vivian E ^c  

^a Summa Center for Sports Health   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SUMMA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL MEDIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOGGING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL MEDIA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901609628     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: 15327027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2013.813831     Document Type: Article

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