Using Search Engine Query Data to Explore the Epidemiology of Common Gastrointestinal Symptoms

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 588-592

  Hassid, Benjamin G ^a   Day, Lukejohn W ^a   Awad, Mohannad A ^a   Sewell, Justin L ^a   Osterberg, E Charles ^a   Breyer, Benjamin N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Dysphagia; Epidemiology; Google; Trends; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; DYSPHAGIA; HUMAN; ICD-9; INCIDENCE; INTERNET; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEARCH ENGINE; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; VOMITING; COST OF ILLNESS; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; INFORMATION SEEKING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TRENDS;

COST OF ILLNESS; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DIARRHEA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; PREVALENCE; SEARCH ENGINE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VOMITING;

EID: 84996866536     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-016-4384-y     Document Type: Article

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