Drug Use in the Twittersphere: A Qualitative Contextual Analysis of Tweets about Prescription Drugs

Journal of Addictive Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 303-310

  Shutler, Lukas ^a   Nelson, Lewis S ^b   Portelli, Ian ^b   Blachford, Courtney ^b   Perrone, Jeanmarie ^c  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

prescription drug abuse; toxicovigilance; Twitter

Indexed keywords

HYDROCODONE; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE PLUS PARACETAMOL; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; PERCOCET; PRESCRIPTION DRUG; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EPIDEMIC; FACE VALIDITY; HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAIN; PERCEPTION; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SMOKING; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; ADULT; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; HUMANS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84945139871     PISSN: 10550887     EISSN: 15450848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10550887.2015.1074505     Document Type: Article

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