Randomized Controlled Trial of Social Media: Effect of Increased Intensity of the Intervention

Journal of the American Heart Association

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Fox, Caroline S ^a   Gurary, Ellen B ^b   Ryan, John ^a,c   Bonaca, Marc ^a,d   Barry, Karen ^a   Loscalzo, Joseph ^a,d   Massaro, Joseph ^a,b  

^a Circulation Editorial Office   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Altmetrics; Randomized control trial; Social media

Indexed keywords

ADVERTISING; ARTICLE; AUTHOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOCIAL MEDIA; HUMAN; INTERNET; MARKETING; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

HUMANS; INTERNET; MARKETING; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 85018055943     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20479980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.115.003088     Document Type: Article

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