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Medicine 2.0: Social Media, Open, Participatory, Collaborative Medicine (1552) Extended Reality, Virtual Reality and Virtual Worlds (508)

Published on in Vol 15, No 5 (2013): May

Social Media and the Empowering of Opponents of Medical Technologies: The Case of Anti-Vaccinationism

Social Media and the Empowering of Opponents of Medical Technologies: The Case of Anti-Vaccinationism

Social Media and the Empowering of Opponents of Medical Technologies: The Case of Anti-Vaccinationism

Authors of this article:

Kumanan Wilson1 ;   Jennifer Keelan2
Article Authors Cited by (49) Tweetations (35) Metrics

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