Is Google Trends a reliable tool for digital epidemiology? Insights from different clinical settings

Internet-derived information has been recently recognized as a valuable tool for epidemiological investigation. Google Trends, a Google Inc. portal, generates data on geographical and temporal patterns according to specified keywords. The aim of this study was to compare the reliability of Google Tr...

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Published in:	Journal of epidemiology and global health Vol. 7; no. 3; pp. 185 - 189
Main Authors:	Cervellin, Gianfranco, Comelli, Ivan, Lippi, Giuseppe
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2017 Springer Netherlands Springer Nature B.V Atlantis Press Springer
Subjects:	Cooking Data Accuracy Data Collection - methods Data Collection - trends Digital epidemiology Ebola virus Ebolavirus Epidemiologic Methods Epidemiologic Studies Epidemiology Epistaxis Fever Google Trends Humans Internal Medicine Internet - standards Internet - statistics & numerical data Internet - trends Legionella Media coverage Medical Informatics Computing - trends Meningitis Mushroom poisoning Pneumonia Poisoning Rare diseases Renal colic Reproducibility of Results Research Article Resource Allocation - methods Resource Allocation - trends Seasonal variations Trends Google Trends Epistaxis Digital epidemiology Mushroom poisoning Renal colic
ISSN:	2210-6006, 2210-6014, 2210-6014, 2210-6006
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