What social media offers to health professionals and citizens
Bulletin of the World Health OrganizationPublished 1 August 2009Open access
Christine McNab
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Increased access to the Internet and mobile communication combined with strategic uses of social media can bring public health informa-tion to many more people, more quickly and directly than at any time in history.
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