Published on in Vol 15, No 9 (2013): September

Communicating Genetics and Smoking Through Social Media: Are We There Yet?

Communicating Genetics and Smoking Through Social Media: Are We There Yet?

Communicating Genetics and Smoking Through Social Media: Are We There Yet?

Sylviane de Viron   1, 2, 3 , MPH ;   L Suzanne Suggs   4 ;   Angela Brand   2, 3 ;   Herman Van Oyen   1

1 Operational Direction Public Health and Surveillance, Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brussels, Belgium

2 Institute for Public Health Genomics (IPHG), Department of Genetics and Cell Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands

3 Research Institute GROW (School for Oncology & Developmental Biology), Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands

4 Institute for Public Communication (ICP), Faculty of Communication Science, Università della Svizzera italiana, Lugano, Switzerland

Corresponding Author:

  • Sylviane de Viron, MPH
  • Operational Direction Public Health and Surveillance
  • Scientific Institute of Public Health
  • J Wytsmanstraat 14
  • Brussels, 1050
  • Belgium
  • Phone: 32 2-642-5765
  • Fax: 32 2-642-5410
  • Email: sylviane.deviron@wiv-isp.be