Electronic word of mouth on twitter about physical activity in the United States: Exploratory infodemiology study

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Ni ^a   Campo, Shelly ^a   Janz, Kathleen F ^a   Eckler, Petya ^b   Yang, Jingzhen ^c   Snetselaar, Linda G ^a   Signorini, Alessio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor activity; Social marketing; Twitter messaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNET; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SOCIAL MARKETING; TWITTER MESSAGING; UNITED STATES;

MOTOR ACTIVITY; SOCIAL MARKETING; TWITTER MESSAGING;

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNET; MOTOR ACTIVITY; UNITED STATES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84902300657     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2870     Document Type: Article

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