Insights into rare diseases from social media surveys

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-5

  Davies, William ^a,b,c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Facebook; Response bias; Social media; Survey; Twitter; X linked ichthyosis

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNET; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; X LINKED ICHTHYOSIS; ICHTHYOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RARE DISEASE;

HUMANS; ICHTHYOSIS; RARE DISEASES; SOCIAL MEDIA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84994509655     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17501172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13023-016-0532-x     Document Type: Article

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