Need of care in interpreting Google Trends-based COVID-19 infodemiological study results: potential risk of false-positivity
Abstract Background Google Trends (GT) is being used as an epidemiological tool to study coronavirus disease (COVID-19) by identifying keywords in search trends that are predictive for the COVID-19 epidemiological burden. However, many of the earlier GT-based studies include potential statistical fa...
Main Authors: | Kenichiro Sato, Tatsuo Mano, Atsushi Iwata, Tatsushi Toda |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-07-01
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Series: | BMC Medical Research Methodology |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-021-01338-2 |
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