Novel approach to cluster patient-generated data into actionable topics: Case study of a web-based breast cancer forum

JMIR Medical Informatics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2018, Pages

  Jones, Josette ^a   Pradhan, Meeta ^b   Hosseini, Masoud ^a   Kulanthaivel, Anand ^a   Hosseini, Mahmood ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Indiana Biosciences Research Institute (IBRI)   (United States)

^c Biology SL332   (United States)

Author keywords

Data interpretation; Infodemiology; Natural language processing; Patient generated information; Social media; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85067415007     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22919694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/medinform.9162     Document Type: Review

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