Trends of infodemiology studies: a scoping review

Health Information and Libraries Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 91-120

  Zeraatkar, Kimia ^a   Ahmadi, Maryam ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

consumer health information; data mining; internet; review, scoping; social media; social networking; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

DEVICES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; INTERNET; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; TRENDS;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMANS; INTERNET; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING;

EID: 85046349276     PISSN: 14711834     EISSN: 14711842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hir.12216     Document Type: Review

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