Analysis of pharmacists' use of Twitter

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 615-619

  Hajar, Zaher ^a   Clauson, Kevin A ^a   Jacobs, Robin J ^b  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b affiliation with Nova Southeastern College of Osteopathic Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PHARMACY STUDENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL MEDIA; TWITTER; INTERNET; PHARMACIST; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

HUMANS; INTERNET; PHARMACISTS; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84907198249     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: 15352900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2146/ajhp130307     Document Type: Article

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