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Cyberpharmacies (45) Medicine 2.0: Social Media, Open, Participatory, Collaborative Medicine (1641) Infodemiology and Infoveillance (1349) Infoveillance, Infodemiology, Digital Disease Surveillance, Infodemic Management (1041) Pharmacovigilance (134)

Published on in Vol 17, No 12 (2015): December

Establishing a Link Between Prescription Drug Abuse and Illicit Online Pharmacies: Analysis of Twitter Data

Establishing a Link Between Prescription Drug Abuse and Illicit Online Pharmacies: Analysis of Twitter Data

Establishing a Link Between Prescription Drug Abuse and Illicit Online Pharmacies: Analysis of Twitter Data

Authors of this article:

Takeo Katsuki1 Author Orcid Image ;   Tim Ken Mackey2, 3, 4 Author Orcid Image ;   Raphael Cuomo4, 5 Author Orcid Image
Article Authors Cited by (68) Tweetations (42) Metrics

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