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Health research 2.0
Author(s) -
Weigmann Katrin
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.1002/embr.201438510
Subject(s) - biology , computational biology
Social networking on the Internet empowers patients to discuss their illnesses and access a bonanza of health information. However, research using the personal data shared on these networks raises important ethical and statistical questions.