Tweeting about pain: Comparing self-reported toothache experiences with those of backaches, earaches and headaches

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 145, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 737-743

  Ahlwardt, Kristina ^a   Heaivilin, Natalie ^b   Gibbs, Jennifer ^c   Page, Jens ^d   Gerbert, Barbara ^e   Tsoh, Janice Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Datajockeyorg   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental care utilization; Dental public health; Orofacial pain; Social media; Toothache; Twitter messaging

Indexed keywords

BACKACHE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; OTALGIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL MEDIA; TOOTH PAIN;

BACK PAIN; EARACHE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL MEDIA; TOOTHACHE;

EID: 84905564047     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.2014.30     Document Type: Article

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