Examining the themes of STD-related Internet searches to increase specificity of disease forecasting using Internet search terms

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Johnson, Amy K ^a,b   Mikati, Tarek ^c   Mehta, Supriya D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MALE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84994492986     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep36503     Document Type: Article

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