How often people google for vaccination: Qualitative and quantitative insights from a systematic search of the web-based activities using Google Trends

Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 464-469

  Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi ^a   Barberis, Ilaria ^a   Rosselli, Roberto ^b   Gianfredi, Vincenza ^c   Nucci, Daniele ^c   Moretti, Massimo ^c   Salvatori, Tania ^c   Martucci, Gianfranco ^d   Martini, Mariano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Operative Unit of Hygiene and Public Health   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Google Trends; vaccination; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; DIPHTHERIA; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENINGITIS; NONHUMAN; PERTUSSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TETANUS; VACCINATION; WART VIRUS; WEB BROWSER; YELLOW FEVER; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; IMMUNOLOGY; INTERNET; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

VACCINE;

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HUMANS; INTERNET; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; VACCINES;

EID: 85009253242     PISSN: 21645515     EISSN: 2164554X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2017.1264742     Document Type: Article

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