Cancer internet search activity on a major search engine, United States 2001-2003

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Cooper, Crystale Purvis ^a   Mallon, Kenneth P ^b   Leadbetter, Steven ^a   Pollack, Lori A ^a,c   Peipins, Lucy A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b Dynamic Logic ^*

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Health education; Internet; Neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERNET; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29144482775     PISSN: 14388871     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.7.3.e36     Document Type: Article

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