Google search trends and skin cancer: Evaluating the US population's interest in skin cancer and its association with melanoma outcomes

JAMA Dermatology

Volumn 151, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 903-905

  Bloom, Romi ^a   Amber, Kyle T ^b   Hu, Shasa ^a   Kirsner, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MACNEAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; LETTER; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEARCH ENGINE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN CANCER; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; INCIDENCE; INTERNET; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; MELANOMA; SEARCH ENGINE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84941729615     PISSN: 21686068     EISSN: 21686084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2015.1216     Document Type: Letter

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