Published on in Vol 4, No 2 (2018): Apr-Jun

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/5789, first published .
Sentiment Analysis of Health Care Tweets: Review of the Methods Used

Sentiment Analysis of Health Care Tweets: Review of the Methods Used

Sentiment Analysis of Health Care Tweets: Review of the Methods Used

Authors of this article:

Sunir Gohil1 Author Orcid Image ;   Sabine Vuik1 Author Orcid Image ;   Ara Darzi1 Author Orcid Image

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