Seasonal variation in Internet searches for vitamin D

Archives of Osteoporosis

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Moon, Rebecca J ^a,b   Curtis, Elizabeth M ^a   Davies, Justin H ^b   Cooper, Cyrus ^a,b,c   Harvey, Nicholas C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Google Trends; Internet; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACKACHE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NUTRITION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETS; SEASONAL VARIATION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WINTER; SEARCH ENGINE; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; INTERNET; SEARCH ENGINE; SEASONS; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN D;

EID: 85015209386     PISSN: 18623522     EISSN: 18623514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11657-017-0322-7     Document Type: Article

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