Utilizing Data from Google Health Trends for Epidemiologic Research.

Published Date: 25 Apr 2023

The case study of child abuse and neglect during the Covid-19 pandemic is used in this article to summarize the method for using Google searches to gauge epidemiologic constructs.

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