The utility of Google Trends for epidemiological research: Lyme disease as an example
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Lyme Disease Research Foundation of Maryland, Lutherville, MD, United States.
Lyme Disease Research Foundation of Maryland, Lutherville, MD, United States.
Lyme Disease Research Foundation of Maryland, Lutherville, MD, United States.
Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Lutherville, MD, United States.
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Seifter, A., Schwarzwalder, A., Geis, K., & Aucott, J. (2010). The utility of Google Trends for epidemiological research: Lyme disease as an example. Geospatial Health, 4(2), 135–137. https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2010.195
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