Characterizing social interaction in tobacco-oriented social networks: An empirical analysis

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Liang, Yunji ^a,b   Zheng, Xiaolong ^c   Zeng, Daniel Dajun ^b,c   Zhou, Xingshe ^a   Leischow, Scott James ^d   Chung, Wingyan ^e  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e STETSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SOCIAL MEDIA; TOBACCO; TOBACCO USE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL MEDIA; TOBACCO; TOBACCO USE;

EID: 84934987405     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep10060     Document Type: Article

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