Nature and diffusion of gynecologic cancer-related misinformation on social media: Analysis of tweets

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2018, Pages

  Chen, Liang ^a   Wang, Xiaohui ^b   Peng, Tai Quan ^c  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cervical cancer; China; Diffusion; Misinformation; Social media

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; SOCIAL MEDIA; STANDARDS;

COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 85055079422     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/11515     Document Type: Article

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