"get drunk. Smoke weed. Have fun.": A Content Analysis of Tweets about Marijuana and Alcohol

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 200-208

  Krauss, Melissa J ^a   Grucza, Richard A ^a   Bierut, Laura J ^a   Cavazos Rehg, Patricia A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health focus: social health; Outcome measure: behavioral; Research purpose: descriptive; Setting: national; Social Media, Alcohol, Marijuana, Twitter, Prevention Research. Manuscript format: research; Strategy: behavior change; Study design: content analysis; Target population age: youth, adults; Target population circumstances: education income level

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; CANNABIS SMOKING; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FRIEND; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL MEDIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FRIENDS; HUMANS; MARIJUANA SMOKING; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 85018389464     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: 21686602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/ajhp.150205-QUAL-708     Document Type: Article

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