Discovering health topics in social media using topic models

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Paul, Michael J ^a   Dredze, Mark ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DENTAL HEALTH; EXERCISE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; INJURY; INSOMNIA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OBESITY; PAIN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SOCIAL MEDIA; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; ALGORITHM; DATA MINING; HUMAN; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; DATA MINING; HEALTH; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84928205991     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103408     Document Type: Article

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