The utility of Google Trends data to examine interest in cancer screening

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Schootman, M ^a,b   Toor, A ^a   Cavazos Rehg, P ^c   Jeffe, D B ^b,d   McQueen, A ^b,d   Eberth, J ^e   Davidson, N O ^b,d  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MO   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID PLUS MAGNESIUM OXIDE PLUS PICOSULFATE SODIUM;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; GOOGLE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; PROSTATE CANCER; RELATIVE SEARCH VOLUME; TREND STUDY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WEB BROWSER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AWARENESS; COST; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEARCH ENGINE; TRENDS; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AWARENESS; COLONOSCOPY; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEARCH ENGINE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 84931281910     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006678     Document Type: Article

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