Monitoring of non-cigarette tobacco use using google trends

Tobacco Control

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 249-255

  Cavazos Rehg, Patricia A ^a   Krauss, Melissa J ^a   Spitznagel, Edward L ^b   Lowery, Ashley ^a   Grucza, Richard A ^a   Chaloupka, Frank J ^c   Bierut, Laura Jean ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERNET; TOBACCO; TOBACCO USE; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; HUMANS; INTERNET; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; TOBACCO USE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928105227     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2013-051276     Document Type: Article

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