Worth the "likes"? the Use of Facebook among Plastic Surgeons and Its Perceived Impact

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 909e-918e

  Chang, Jessica B ^a,b   Woo, Shoshana L ^a,b   Cederna, Paul S ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PLASTIC SURGERY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL MEDIA; SURGEON; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL MEDIA; SURGEONS; SURGERY, PLASTIC;

EID: 84936119149     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000001318     Document Type: Article

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