Using online social media for recruitment of human immunodeficiency virus-positive participants: A cross-sectional survey

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Yuan, Patrick ^a   Bare, Michael G ^a   Johnson, Mallory O ^a   Saberi, Parya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Facebook; HIV; Internet research; Non financial incentives; Online data collection software; Online social media; Recruitment; Survey retention; Twitter

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL MEDIA;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84902279721     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3229     Document Type: Article

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