Google as a cancer control tool in Queensland

BMC Cancer

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Huang, Xiaodong ^a   Baade, Peter ^b   Youlden, Danny R ^b   Youl, Philippa H ^a,b,c,d   Hu, Wenbiao ^c   Kimlin, Michael G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^b CANCER COUNCIL QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age standardised rates; Cancer incidence; Cross correlation; Google Trends; Search volume indexes

Indexed keywords

AGE STANDARDISED INCIDENCE RATE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GOOGLE; INCIDENCE; INTERNET; MELANOMA; PROSTATE CANCER; QUEENSLAND; SEARCH ENGINE; SEARCH VOLUME INDEX; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; COLORECTAL TUMOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROSTATE TUMOR; REGISTER; SEASON; SKIN TUMOR;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNET; MALE; MELANOMA; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUEENSLAND; REGISTRIES; SEARCH ENGINE; SEASONS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 85037624093     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12885-017-3828-x     Document Type: Article

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