What makes people talk about antibiotics on social media? A retrospective analysis of Twitter use

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2568-2572

  Dyar, Oliver J ^a   Castro Sánchez, Enrique ^b   Holmes, Alison H ^b  

^a NORTH DEVON DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibacterial agents; Internet; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL MEDIA; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; HUMANS; SOCIAL MEDIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84905964881     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dku165     Document Type: Article

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