Tweet Now, See You In the ED Later? Examining the Association Between Alcohol-related Tweets and Emergency Care Visits

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 831-834

  Ranney, Megan L ^a   Chang, Brian ^b   Freeman, Joshua R ^c   Norris, Brian ^d   Silverberg, Mark ^d   Choo, Esther K ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d Perscio ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84977657469     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12983     Document Type: Article

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