Use of social media for the detection and analysis of infectious diseases in China

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Ye, Xinyue ^a   Li, Shengwen ^b   Yang, Xining ^c   Qin, Chenglin ^d  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Infectious disease; Social media; Space; Time

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994246415     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22209964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijgi5090156     Document Type: Article

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