Medical institutions and Twitter: A novel tool for public communication in Japan

JMIR Public Health and Surveillance

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Sugawara, Yuya ^a,b   Narimatsu, Hiroto ^b,c   Tsuya, Atsushi ^d   Tanaka, Atsushi ^d   Fukao, Akira ^c  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAGAWA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^c YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Advertisement; Consultation guidance; Medical education; Social media; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010700750     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23692960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/publichealth.4831     Document Type: Article

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