Tweeting it off: Characteristics of adults who tweet about a weight loss attempt

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1032-1037

  Pagoto, Sherry L ^a   Schneider, Kristin L ^b   Evans, Martinus ^a   Waring, Molly E ^a   Appelhans, Brad ^c   Busch, Andrew M ^d   Whited, Matthew C ^e   Thind, Herpreet ^d   Ziedonis, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WEIGHT REDUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; SOCIAL MEDIA;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84902039209     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2014-002652     Document Type: Article

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