Leveraging big data for exploring occupational diseases-related interest at the level of scientific community, media coverage and novel data streams: The example of silicosis as a pilot study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi ^a   Dini, Guglielmo ^a   Toletone, Alessandra ^a   Brigo, Francesco ^b,c   Durando, Paolo ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b FRANZ TAPPEINER HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PILOT STUDY; PUBLIC OPINION; SILICOSIS; SOCIAL MEDIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DATA MINING; PUBLICATION;

BIBLIOGRAPHY AS TOPIC; DATA MINING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MASS MEDIA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PILOT PROJECTS; PUBLIC OPINION; SILICOSIS;

EID: 84994341268     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0166051     Document Type: Article

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