DOAJ Open Access 2017

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

Nicola Luigi Bragazzi Guglielmo Dini Alessandra Toletone Francesco Brigo Paolo Durando

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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.

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Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics Science (General)

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Nicola Luigi Bragazzi

Guglielmo Dini

Alessandra Toletone

Francesco Brigo

Paolo Durando

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Bragazzi, N.L., Dini, G., Toletone, A., Brigo, F., Durando, P. (2017). Infodemiological data concerning silicosis in the USA in the period 2004–2010 correlating with real-world statistical data. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2016.11.021

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Tahun Terbit: 2017
Sumber Database: DOAJ
DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2016.11.021
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