Twitter: A Good Place to Detect Health Conditions

With the proliferation of social networks and blogs, the Internet is increasingly being used to disseminate personal health information rather than just as a source of information. In this paper we exploit the wealth of user-generated data, available through the micro-blogging service Twitter, to es...

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Main Authors: Prieto, Víctor M., Matos, Sérgio, Álvarez, Manuel, Cacheda, Fidel, Oliveira, José Luís
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3906034/