Social media for public Health: An Exploratory policy analysis

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 162-166

  Fast, Ingrid ^a   Sørensen, Kristine ^a   Brand, Helmut ^a   Suggs, L Suzanne ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EUROPE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84922435341     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cku080     Document Type: Review

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