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Do Cancer Patients Tweet? Examining the Twitter Use of Cancer Patients in Japan

Do Cancer Patients Tweet? Examining the Twitter Use of Cancer Patients in Japan

Do Cancer Patients Tweet? Examining the Twitter Use of Cancer Patients in Japan

Authors of this article:

Atsushi Tsuya1 ;   Yuya Sugawara2 ;   Atsushi Tanaka1 ;   Hiroto Narimatsu3 Author Orcid Image
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Atsushi Tsuya   1 , PhD ;   Yuya Sugawara   2 , MS ;   Atsushi Tanaka   1 , PhD ;   Hiroto Narimatsu   3 , MD, PhD

1 Yamagata University Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamagata University, Yonezawa, Japan

2 Medical Informatics focus, Environmental Life Science major, Yamagata University Graduate School of Medical Science, Yamagata University, Yamagata, Japan

3 Department of Public Health, Yamagata University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamagata University, Yamagata, Japan

Corresponding Author:

  • Hiroto Narimatsu, MD, PhD
  • Department of Public Health
  • Yamagata University Graduate School of Medicine
  • Yamagata University
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  • Iida-nishi
  • Yamagata, 990-9585
  • Japan
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  • Email: hiroto-narimatsu@umin.org