Social media as a means to disseminate and advocate cardiovascular re-search: Why, how, and best practices

Current Cardiology Reviews

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2021, Pages 122-128

  Lee, Giuliana ^a   Choi, Andrew D ^b   Michos, Erin D ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic promotion; Altmetrics; Cardiovascular disease; Research; Social media; Twitter

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SOCIAL MEDIA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; CARDIOLOGY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 85079160519     PISSN: 1573403X     EISSN: 18756557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1573403X15666191113151325     Document Type: Review

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