Novel data sources for women's health research: Mapping breast screening online information seeking through google trends

Academic Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1172-1176

  Fazeli Dehkordy, Soudabeh ^a   Carlos, Ruth C ^a,b   Hall, Kelli S ^a,b   Dalton, Vanessa K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dense breast; Google trends; Information seeking; Legislation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SCREENING; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SEEKING; LAW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ONLINE ANALYSIS; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SEARCH ENGINE; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ABNORMALITIES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INTERNET; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MAMMARY GLAND; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; SEARCH ENGINE; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84905490293     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: 18784046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2014.05.005     Document Type: Article

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