Opportunities for Exploring and Reducing Prescription Drug Abuse Through Social Media

Journal of Addictive Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 2-3, 2015, Pages 178-184

  R Scott, Kevin ^a   Nelson, Lewis ^b   Meisel, Zachary ^a   Perrone, Jeanmarie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

opioid abuse; Prescription drug abuse; social media; social networking

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA MINING; DRUG MISUSE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING; SOCIAL MEDIA; SUBSTANCE USE; PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

DATA MINING; HUMANS; PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE; SOCIAL MEDIA; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84940207388     PISSN: 10550887     EISSN: 15450848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10550887.2015.1059712     Document Type: Article

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