Health care professionals' evidence-based medicine internet searches closely mimic the known seasonal variation of lyme borreliosis: A register-based study

JMIR Public Health and Surveillance

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Pesälä, Samuli ^a,b   Virtanen, Mikko J ^b   Sane, Jussi ^b   Jousimaa, Jukkapekka ^c   Lyytikäinen, Outi ^b   Murtopuro, Satu ^b   Mustonen, Pekka ^c   Kaila, Minna ^d   Helve, Otto ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c Duodecim Medical Publications Ltd   (Finland)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI AND HELSINKI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Evidence based medicine; Information systems; Lyme borreliosis; Public health surveillance; Search engine

Indexed keywords

EID: 85041464594     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23692960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/publichealth.6764     Document Type: Article

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