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Medicine 2.0: Social Media, Open, Participatory, Collaborative Medicine (1641)

Published on in Vol 16, No 8 (2014): August

Representation of Health Conditions on Facebook: Content Analysis and Evaluation of User Engagement

Representation of Health Conditions on Facebook: Content Analysis and Evaluation of User Engagement

Representation of Health Conditions on Facebook: Content Analysis and Evaluation of User Engagement

Authors of this article:

Timothy M Hale1 Author Orcid Image ;   Akhilesh S Pathipati2 Author Orcid Image ;   Shiyi Zan1 Author Orcid Image ;   Kamal Jethwani1 Author Orcid Image
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