Abstract
This is one of the first few studies demonstrating the use of Internet in data collection during an air-pollution crisis. Our results demonstrated that the newer technological modalities have the potential to acquire data, similar to that of conventional technologies. Demographic variables did not influence the mechanism of usage. In addition, our findings also suggested that there are acute physical and psychological impacts on the population from an air-pollution crisis.
Keywords
Snowball samplingThe InternetSocial mediaGovernment (linguistics)Internet privacyPsychologyPopulationScale (ratio)Public relationsApplied psychologyBusinessWorld Wide WebPolitical scienceMedicineComputer scienceEnvironmental healthGeography
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- 2014
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- 2
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- 1
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- e16-e16
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- 79
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Melvyn Zhang,
Cyrus S. H. Ho,
Fang Pan
et al.
(2014).
Usage of Social Media and Smartphone Application in Assessment of Physical and Psychological Well-Being of Individuals in Times of a Major Air Pollution Crisis.
JMIR mhealth and uhealth
, 2
(1)
, e16-e16.
https://doi.org/10.2196/mhealth.2827
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- 10.2196/mhealth.2827