Is Twitter a forum for disseminating research to health policy makers?

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 883-887

  Kapp, Julie M ^a   Hensel, Brian ^a   Schnoring, Kyle T ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Health policy; Research impact; Social media; Twitter

Indexed keywords

FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENTIST; SOCIAL MEDIA; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; AGED; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; PROCEDURES; RESEARCH; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; RESEARCH REPORT; SOCIAL MEDIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84952637820     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2015.09.002     Document Type: Note

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