Demand-based web surveillance of sexually transmitted infections in Russia

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 841-849

  Domnich, Alexander ^a   Arbuzova, Eva K ^b   Signori, Alessio ^a   Amicizia, Daniela ^a   Panatto, Donatella ^a   Gasparini, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b State Budgetary Healthcare Institution Specialized Clinical Hospital for Infectious Diseases Healthcare Department of Krasnodar Region   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Disease surveillance; HIV; Infodemiology; Search engine; Search volume

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RUSSIA; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919876350     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-014-0581-7     Document Type: Article

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