Correlation of "google flu trends" with sentinel surveillance data for influenza in 2009 in Japan

Open Public Health Journal

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 17-20

  Wada, Koji ^a   Ohta, Hiroshi ^a   Aizawa, Yoshiharu ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Google flu trend; Influenza; Japan; Sentinel surveillance

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; JAPAN; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEARCH ENGINE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; INFLUENZA; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 80055118532     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18749445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874944501104010017     Document Type: Article

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