Associations between exposure to and expression of negative opinions about human papillomavirus vaccines on social media: An observational study

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2015, Pages e144-

  Dunn, Adam G ^a   Leask, Julie ^b   Zhou, Xujuan ^a   Mandl, Kenneth D ^c,d   Coiera, Enrico ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Harvard Medical School Center for Biomedical Informatics   (United States)

Author keywords

HPV vaccines; Public health surveillance; Social media; Social networks; Twitter messaging

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HUMANS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING;

EID: 84936755035     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.4343     Document Type: Article

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