Public health

Twitter: A Digital Socioscope

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 111-130

  Kostkova, Patty ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DISEASES; HEALTH; INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); VIRUSES;

HEALTH INFORMATIONS; HEALTH INTERVENTIONS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INSURANCE COMPANIES; MARKETING AGENCIES; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES; SCIENTIFIC EXPERTISE; TWO WAY COMMUNICATIONS;

HEALTH RISKS;

EID: 84954209998     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781316182635.004     Document Type: Chapter

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