Using twitter data to gain insights into E-cigarette marketing and locations of use: An infoveillance study

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Kim, Annice E ^a   Hopper, Timothy ^a   Simpson, Sean ^a   Nonnemaker, James ^a   Lieberman, Alicea J ^b   Hansen, Heather ^a   Guillory, Jamie ^a   Porter, Lauren ^c  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic cigarettes; Marketing; Natural language processing; Social media; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MARKETING; SOCIAL MEDIA; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; HUMANS; INTERNET; MARKETING; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84948985037     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.4466     Document Type: Article

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