The utility of "big Data" and social media for anticipating, preventing, and treating disease

JAMA Ophthalmology

Volumn 134, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1030-1031

  Sommer, Alfred ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SOCIAL MEDIA;

SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84998880808     PISSN: 21686165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2016.2287     Document Type: Note

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