Twitter as a potential data source for cardiovascular disease research

JAMA Cardiology

Volumn 1, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1032-1036

  Sinnenberg, Lauren ^a,b   DiSilvestro, Christie L ^a,b   Mancheno, Christina ^a,b   Dailey, Karl ^a,b   Tufts, Christopher ^a,b   Buttenheim, Alison M ^b,c   Barg, Fran ^d   Ungar, Lyle ^a,d,e   Schwartz, H ^d   Brown, Dana ^a,b   Asch, David A ^a,f   Merchant, Raina M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEART ARREST; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MASS COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL MEDIA; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85014805409     PISSN: 23806583     EISSN: 23806591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2016.3029     Document Type: Article

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