Internet search trends analysis tools can provide real-time data on kidney stone disease in the united states

Urology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-42

  Willard, Scott D ^a   Nguyen, Mike M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; LATITUDE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEARCH ENGINE; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; KIDNEY CALCULI; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871967854     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2011.04.024     Document Type: Article

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