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Cancer and Prevention in the Media (33) Infodemiology and Infoveillance (1369) Infoveillance, Infodemiology, Digital Disease Surveillance, Infodemic Management (1050)

Published on in Vol 2, No 1 (2016): Jan-Jun

“Googling” for Cancer: An Infodemiological Assessment of Online Search Interests in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States

“Googling” for Cancer: An Infodemiological Assessment of Online Search Interests in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States

“Googling” for Cancer: An Infodemiological Assessment of Online Search Interests in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States

Authors of this article:

Forough Foroughi1 Author Orcid Image ;   Alfred K-Y Lam2 Author Orcid Image ;   Megan S.C. Lim3 Author Orcid Image ;   Nassim Saremi2 Author Orcid Image ;   Alireza Ahmadvand4 Author Orcid Image
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