Using Twitter to Identify and Respond to Food Poisoning: The Food Safety STL Project

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 577-580

  Harris, Jenine K ^a   Hawkins, Jared B ^b,c   Nguyen, Leila ^d   Nsoesie, Elaine O ^e   Tuli, Gaurav ^b   Mansour, Raed ^f   Brownstein, John S ^b,c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d City St Louis Dept Hlth Hospitals   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

food safety; local health department; Twitter

Indexed keywords

CATERING SERVICE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DEVICES; EPIDEMIC; FOOD POISONING; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; MISSOURI; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOFTWARE DESIGN; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD SAFETY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; MISSOURI; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESTAURANTS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOFTWARE DESIGN; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 85011659745     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: 15505022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000516     Document Type: Article

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