Characterizing sleep issues using Twitter

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2015, Pages e140-

  McIver, David J ^a   Hawkins, Jared B ^a   Chunara, Rumi ^a,b   Chatterjee, Arnaub K ^c   Bhandari, Aman ^c   Fitzgerald, Timothy P ^c   Jain, Sachin H ^d   Brownstein, John S ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d CareMore Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Insomnia; Novel methods; Sentiment; Sleep issues; Social media

Indexed keywords

DEPRESSION; FRIEND; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSOMNIA; INTERNET; SLEEP; SOCIAL MEDIA;

DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSION; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERNET; SLEEP; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84936752426     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.4476     Document Type: Article

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