Frequency and seasonal variation of ophthalmology-related internet searches

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 274-279

  Leffler, Christopher T ^a   Davenport, Byrd ^a   Chan, Dana ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cataract; Conjunctivitis; Glaucoma; Internet health information

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTUMN; BLEPHARITIS; BLINDNESS; BLURRED VISION; CANADA; CATARACT; COLD; COLD INJURY; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTACT LENS; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIPLOPIA; DRY EYE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIPHORA; EYE ALLERGY; EYE DISEASE; EYE INFECTION; EYE PAIN; GLAUCOMA; HEADACHE; HEAT; HORDEOLUM; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERNET SEARCH ACTIVITY; INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODY; KERATOMILEUSIS; LIGHT INTENSITY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MELANOMA; MIGRAINE; OCULAR PRURITUS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLLEN ALLERGY; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; ROSACEA; SCHOOL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECTACLES; SPRING; SUMMER; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT; SYMPTOM; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; UVEITIS; VITREOUS FLOATERS; WINTER; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; EYE DISEASES; FACTUAL DATABASE; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EYE DISEASES; HUMANS; INTERNET; OPHTHALMOLOGY; SEASONS;

EID: 77953314501     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3129/i10-022     Document Type: Article

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