Investigating subjective experience and the influence of weather among individuals with fibromyalgia: A content analysis of Twitter

JMIR Public Health and Surveillance

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Haghighi, Pari Delir ^a   Kang, Yong Bin ^a   Buchbinder, Rachelle ^a   Burstein, Frada ^a   Whittle, Samuel ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fibromyalgia; Infodemiology; Pain; Sentiment analysis; Social networks; Twitter messaging; Weather

Indexed keywords

EID: 85021837422     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23692960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/publichealth.6344     Document Type: Article

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