Zika-Virus-Related Photo Sharing on Pinterest and Instagram

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 656-659

  Fung, Isaac Chun Hai ^a   Blankenship, Elizabeth B ^a   Goff, M Elizabeth ^a   Mullican, Lindsay A ^a   Chan, Kwun Cheung ^b   Saroha, Nitin ^c   Duke, Carmen H ^a   Eremeeva, Marina E ^a   Fu, King Wa ^b   Tse, Zion Tsz Ho ^d  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c University of Georgia   (United States)

^d University of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

health communication; health education; social media; Zika virus disease

Indexed keywords

DEATH; DISASTER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL MEDIA; ZIKA VIRUS; DEVICES; DISASTER PLANNING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; PATHOGENICITY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; ZIKA FEVER;

DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; PHOTOGRAPHY; SOCIAL MEDIA; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85015934846     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 1938744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2017.23     Document Type: Article

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