Epidemiology from Tweets: Estimating Misuse of Prescription Opioids in the USA from Social Media.

Michael A CharyNicholas GenesChristophe Giraud-CarrierCarl HansonLewis S NelsonAlex F Manini

Published in: Journal of medical toxicology : official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology (2017)

Mentions of MUPO on Twitter correlate strongly with state-by-state NSDUH estimates of MUPO. We have also demonstrated that a natural language processing can be used to analyze social media to provide insights for syndromic toxicosurveillance.

Keyphrases

social media
chronic pain
health information
intellectual disability
autism spectrum disorder
pain management
risk factors
healthcare