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Infodemiological data concerning silicosis in the USA in the period 2004–2010 correlating with real-world statistical data

This article reports data concerning silicosis-related web-activities using Google Trends (GT) capturing the Internet behavior in the USA for the period 2004–2010. GT-generated data were then compared with the most recent available epidemiological data of silicosis mortality obtained from the Center...

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Autores principales: Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi, Dini, Guglielmo, Toletone, Alessandra, Brigo, Francesco, Durando, Paolo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5198853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28054008
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2016.11.021
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Sumario:This article reports data concerning silicosis-related web-activities using Google Trends (GT) capturing the Internet behavior in the USA for the period 2004–2010. GT-generated data were then compared with the most recent available epidemiological data of silicosis mortality obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the same study period. Statistically significant correlations with epidemiological data of silicosis (r=0.805, p-value <0.05) and other related web searches were found. The temporal trend well correlated with the epidemiological data, as well as the geospatial distribution of the web-activities with the geographic epidemiology of silicosis.