Social network sites as a mode to collect health data: a systematic review.

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Published in J Med Internet Res on July 14, 2014

Authors

Fahdah Alshaikh1, Farzan Ramzan, Salman Rawaf, Azeem Majeed

Author Affiliations

1: School of Public Health, Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom. fahdah.alshaikh09@imperial.ac.uk.

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