A Method to Assess Seasonality of Urinary Tract Infections Based on Medication Sales and Google Trends

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Rossignol, Louise ^a,b   Pelat, Camille ^b,c   Lambert, Bruno ^d   Flahault, Antoine ^b,e   Chartier Kastler, Emmanuel ^f   Hanslik, Thomas ^b,g  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d IQVIA   (United States)

^e Paris Descartes Faculty of Medicine   (France)

^f PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^g LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRAZIL; CHINA; DATA BASE; DRUG MARKETING; FRANCE; GERMANY; HARMONICS PRODUCT SPECTRUM ON FAST FOURIER TRANSFORM; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERIODICITY; PHARMACY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WINTER;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; BRAZIL; CHINA; FRANCE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERNET; ITALY; SEARCH ENGINE; SEASONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84886392663     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076020     Document Type: Article

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