Ophthalmology on social networking sites: An observational study of facebook, twitter, and linkedin

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2015, Pages 285-290

  Micieli, Jonathan A ^a   Tsui, Edmund ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Facebook; LinkedIn; Ophthalmology; Social media; Twitter

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPHTHALMOLOGIST; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PEER REVIEW; PUBLICATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; WEB BROWSER;

EID: 84922823392     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/OPTH.S79032     Document Type: Article

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