Diurnal variations of depression-related health information seeking: Case study in Finland using google trends data

JMIR Mental Health

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2018, Pages

  Tana, Jonas Christoffer ^a,b   Kettunen, Jyrki ^b   Eirola, Emil ^b   Paakkonen, Heikki ^b  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b ARCADA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

Author keywords

Consumer health information; Depression; Infodemiology; Information seeking behavior; Infoveillance; Mental health; Search engine

Indexed keywords

EID: 85047536714     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23687959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mental.9152     Document Type: Article

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