In the Digital Era, Is Community Outrage a Feasible Proxy Indicator of Emotional Epidemiology? The Case of Meningococcal Disease in Sardinia, Italy
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Dettori, M.; Arru, B.; Azara, A.; Piana, A.; Mariotti, G.; Camerada, M.V.; Stefanelli, P.; Rezza, G.; Castiglia, P. In the Digital Era, Is Community Outrage a Feasible Proxy Indicator of Emotional Epidemiology? The Case of Meningococcal Disease in Sardinia, Italy. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2018, 15, 1512. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15071512
Dettori M, Arru B, Azara A, Piana A, Mariotti G, Camerada MV, Stefanelli P, Rezza G, Castiglia P. In the Digital Era, Is Community Outrage a Feasible Proxy Indicator of Emotional Epidemiology? The Case of Meningococcal Disease in Sardinia, Italy. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2018; 15(7):1512. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15071512
Chicago/Turabian StyleDettori, Marco, Benedetto Arru, Antonio Azara, Andrea Piana, Gavino Mariotti, Maria Veronica Camerada, Paola Stefanelli, Giovanni Rezza, and Paolo Castiglia. 2018. "In the Digital Era, Is Community Outrage a Feasible Proxy Indicator of Emotional Epidemiology? The Case of Meningococcal Disease in Sardinia, Italy" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 15, no. 7: 1512. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15071512
APA StyleDettori, M., Arru, B., Azara, A., Piana, A., Mariotti, G., Camerada, M. V., Stefanelli, P., Rezza, G., & Castiglia, P. (2018). In the Digital Era, Is Community Outrage a Feasible Proxy Indicator of Emotional Epidemiology? The Case of Meningococcal Disease in Sardinia, Italy. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(7), 1512. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15071512