Relationship between state-level google online search volume and cancer incidence in the United States: Retrospective study

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Phillips, Charles A ^a   Leahy, Allison Barz ^a   Li, Yimei ^a,b   Schapira, Marilyn M ^b,c   Charles Bailey, L ^a,b,d   Merchant, Raina M ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Google; Incidence; Infodemiology; Internet

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNET; NEOPLASM; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEARCH ENGINE; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

AWARENESS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNET; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEARCH ENGINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85041087721     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.8870     Document Type: Article

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