The digital distribution of public health news surrounding the human papillomavirus vaccination:a longitudinal infodemiology study

JMIR Public Health and Surveillance

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Mahoney, L Meghan ^a   Tang, Tang ^b   Ji, Kai ^c   Ulrich Schad, Jessica ^d  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health communication; HPV vaccination; Infodemiology; Infoveillance; New media; Public health dissemination; Social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 85102493378     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23692960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/publichealth.3310     Document Type: Article

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