Use and taxonomy of social media in cancer-related research: A systematic review

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Koskan, Alexis ^a,b   Klasko, Lynne ^a   Davis, Stacy N ^a   Gwede, Clement K ^a   Wells, Kristen J ^a   Kumar, Ambuj ^a   Lopez, Natalia ^a   Meade, Cathy D ^a  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; TIME;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNICATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84902674934     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.301980     Document Type: Review

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