Measuring the impact of health policies using Internet search patterns: the case of abortion

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Internet search patterns have emerged as a novel data source for monitoring infectious disease trends. We propose that these data can also be used more broadly to study the impact of health policies across different regions in a more...

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Main Authors: Reis Ben Y, Brownstein John S
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-08-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/10/514