Published on in Vol 7, No 5 (2021): May

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/24199, first published .
Social Media Content of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Groups and Pages on Facebook: Cross-sectional Analysis

Social Media Content of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Groups and Pages on Facebook: Cross-sectional Analysis

Social Media Content of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Groups and Pages on Facebook: Cross-sectional Analysis

Andrew Kochan   1 , MD ;   Shaun Ong   2 , MD ;   Sabina Guler   3 , MD, MSc ;   Kerri A Johannson   4 , MD, MPH ;   Christopher J Ryerson   5, 6 , MD, MAS ;   Gillian C Goobie   7, 8 , MD

1 Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

2 Division of Respirology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

3 Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

4 Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

5 Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

6 Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

7 Clinician Investigator Program, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

8 Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Andrew Kochan, MD
  • Division of Cardiology
  • Department of Medicine
  • University of British Columbia
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