Variations in facebook posting patterns across validated patient health conditions:a prospective cohort study

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Smith, Robert J ^a   Crutchley, Patrick ^a,b   Schwartz, H Andrew ^a,b,c   Ungar, Lyle ^a,d   Shofer, Frances ^b   Padrez, Kevin A ^a   Merchant, Raina M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Facebook; Natural language processing; Social media

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COUGH; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SOCIAL MEDIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COUGH; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SOCIAL MEDIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85012913525     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.6486     Document Type: Article

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