Content and source analysis of popular tweets following a recent case of diphtheria in Spain

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 117-122

  Porat, Talya ^a,b   Garaizar, Pablo ^c   Ferrero, Marta ^d   Jones, Hilary ^b   Ashworth, Mark ^b   Vadillo, Miguel A ^b,e  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEUSTO   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; DIPHTHERIA; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SPAIN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VACCINATION;

CHILD; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SPAIN; VACCINATION;

EID: 85060587260     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cky144     Document Type: Article

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