Comparing twitter and online panels for survey recruitment of E-cigarette users and smokers

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Guillory, Jamie ^a   Kim, Annice ^a   Murphy, Joe ^a   Bradfield, Brian ^a   Nonnemaker, James ^a   Hsieh, Yuli ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic cigarettes; Social media; Tobacco; Twitter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84996946701     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.6326     Document Type: Article

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