Determination of geographic variance in stroke prevalence using Internet search engine analytics

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Walcott, Brian P ^a   Nahed, Brian V ^a   Kahle, Kristopher T ^a   Redjal, Navid ^a   Coumans, Jean Valery ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Prevalence; Public health; Search engine; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SEARCH ENGINE; STROKE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTERNET; PREVALENCE; SEARCH ENGINE; STROKE;

EID: 79958838818     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.2.FOCUS1124     Document Type: Article

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