Use of internet search queries to enhance surveillance of foodborne illness

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1906-1912

  Bahk, Gyung Jin ^a   Kim, Yong Soo ^b   Park, Myoung Su ^a  

^a Kunsan National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Health Industry Development Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; NOROVIRUS; SALMONELLA; VOMITING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOODBORNE DISEASES; INFORMATION SEEKING; PROCEDURES; SEARCH ENGINE; SOUTH KOREA; UTILIZATION;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEARCH ENGINE;

EID: 84944542091     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2111.141834     Document Type: Article

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