Seasonal trends in restless legs symptomatology: Evidence from Internet search query data

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1364-1368

  Ingram, David G ^a   Plante, David T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosinor analysis; Google trends; Restless leg syndrome; Restless legs; Seasonality; Willis Ekbom disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GERMANY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WEB BROWSER; WINTER;

COSINOR ANALYSIS; GOOGLE TRENDS; RESTLESS LEG SYNDROME; RESTLESS LEGS; SEASONALITY; WILLIS-EKBOM DISEASE;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERNET; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84888137042     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2013.06.016     Document Type: Article

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