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Viewpoints and Perspectives (569) Recruitment of Research Participants (346) Medicine 2.0: Social Media, Open, Participatory, Collaborative Medicine (1793) Electronic/Mobile Data Capture, Internet-based Survey & Research Methodology (918) Viewpoint and Opinions on Technology and Innovation in Public Health (62) Infoveillance, Infodemiology, Digital Disease Surveillance, Infodemic Management (1088)

Published on in Vol 25 (2023)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/47705, first published .
Merits and Pitfalls of Social Media as a Platform for Recruitment of Study Participants

Merits and Pitfalls of Social Media as a Platform for Recruitment of Study Participants

Merits and Pitfalls of Social Media as a Platform for Recruitment of Study Participants

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Qutaibah Oudat1 Author Orcid Image ;   Tamilyn Bakas1 Author Orcid Image
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