Assessing the methods, tools, and statistical approaches in Google trends research: Systematic review

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2018, Pages

  Mavragani, Amaryllis ^a   Ochoa, Gabriela ^a   Tsagarakis, Konstantinos P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Big data; Google Trends; Health assessment; Infodemiology; Medicine; Review; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PUBLICATION; SCOPUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; INTERNET; TRENDS;

HUMANS; INTERNET;

EID: 85056259214     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.9366     Document Type: Article

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