Frequency of Health-Related Search Terms on the Internet
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- 5 November 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 290 (17) , 2258-2259
Abstract
To the Editor: Wolfe et al1 recently reported that 53% of US adults use the Internet to seek health-related information. Measurement of Internet use, however, has generally been obtained by self-report, rather than by assessment of actual search behaviors.1,2 Because search engines represent the principal method by which people seek Internet-based information,3 we analyzed the frequency of use of search engine keywords for health-related subject matter.Keywords
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