Social Media as a Tool to Increase the Impact of Public Health Research

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 1890-1891

  Breland, Jessica Y ^a   Quintiliani, Lisa M ^b   Schneider, Kristin L ^c   May, Christine N ^d   Pagoto, Sherry ^d  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL MEDIA;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 85034749729     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.304098     Document Type: Editorial

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