#hayfever; A longitudinal study into hay fever related tweets in the UK

DH 2016 - Proceedings of the 2016 Digital Health Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 85-89

  De Quincey, Ed ^a   Kyriacou, Theocharis ^a   Pantin, Thomas ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MACCLESFIELD DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Hay fever; Hayfever; Social Media; Twitter

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HAY FEVER; HEALTH PROFESSIONALS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; SOCIAL MEDIA; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TWITTER;

HEALTH;

EID: 84966668593     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2896338.2896342     Document Type: Conference Paper

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