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Google Search Trends Predicting Disease Outbreaks: An Analysis from India
Madhur Verma, Kamal Kishore, Mukesh Kumar, Aparajita Ravi Sondh, Gaurav Aggarwal, Soundappan Kathirvel
Healthc Inform Res. 2018;24(4):300-308. Published online 2018 Oct 31 DOI: https://doi.org/10.4258/hir.2018.24.4.300
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