The internet and the anti-vaccine movement: Tracking the 2017 eu measles outbreak

Big Data and Cognitive Computing

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 1-18

  Mavragani, Amaryllis ^a   Ochoa, Gabriela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti vaccine; Anti vaccine movement; Google Trends; Internet; Measles; MMR; Online behavior; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYTICS; IMMUNIZATION; SEARCH ENGINES; TROPICS;

ANTI-VACCINE; ANTI-VACCINE MOVEMENT; BEHAVIORAL CHANGES; GOOGLE TRENDS; GOOGLE+; INFORMATION OVERLOADS; MEASLE; MMR; ONLINE BEHAVIOURS; VACCINATION;

VACCINES;

EID: 85047259083     PISSN: None     EISSN: 25042289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/bdcc2010002     Document Type: Article

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