Seasonal trends in tinnitus symptomatology: evidence from Internet search engine query data

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 272, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2807-2813

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

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

Author keywords

Circannual; Google Trends; Internet; Seasonal; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; GERMANY; INTERNET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEARCH ENGINE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; TINNITUS; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WINTER; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; SEASON;

GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INTERNET; PREVALENCE; SEARCH ENGINE; SEASONS; TINNITUS;

EID: 84940440468     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: 14344726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-014-3287-9     Document Type: Article

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