Why do people google movement disorders? An infodemiological study of information seeking behaviors

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 781-787

  Brigo, Francesco ^a,b   Erro, Roberto ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b FRANZ TAPPEINER HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Google; Infodemiology; Internet; Movement disorders; Web; Wikipedia

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; LEVODOPA;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CHOREA; DRUG INDUSTRY; DYSTONIA; FEAR; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INFORMATION SEEKING; MASS MEDIUM; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT WORRY; PUBLIC FIGURE; SELF EVALUATION; TREMOR; WEB BROWSER; WILSON DISEASE; FEMALE; INTERNET; MALE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MOVEMENT DISORDERS;

EID: 84957603347     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: 15903478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-016-2501-5     Document Type: Article

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