Tweet content related to sexually transmitted diseases: No joking matter

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2014, Pages e228-

  Gabarron, Elia ^a,b   Serrano, J Artur ^a,b   Wynn, Rolf ^a,b   Lau, Annie Y S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; HIV; Internet; Twitter messaging

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HUMAN; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL MEDIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84910151868     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3259     Document Type: Article

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