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Infoveillance and Social Listening (320) Peer-to-Peer Support and Online Communities (830) Social Media in Medical Education (93) Infodemiology and Infoveillance (1588) Information Demand (48)

Published on in Vol 5 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/56116, first published .
Exploring the Use of Social Media for Medical Problem Solving by Analyzing the Subreddit r/medical_advice: Quantitative Analysis

Exploring the Use of Social Media for Medical Problem Solving by Analyzing the Subreddit r/medical_advice: Quantitative Analysis

Exploring the Use of Social Media for Medical Problem Solving by Analyzing the Subreddit r/medical_advice: Quantitative Analysis

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Xiyu Zhao1 Author Orcid Image ;   Victor Yang1 Author Orcid Image ;   Arjun Menta1 Author Orcid Image ;   Jacob Blum1 Author Orcid Image ;   Padmini Ranasinghe1 Author Orcid Image
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