Characterizing Help-Seeking Searches for Substance Use Treatment From Google Trends and Assessing Their Use for Infoveillance: Longitudinal Descriptive and Validation Statistical Analysis
Characterizing Help-Seeking Searches for Substance Use Treatment From Google Trends and Assessing Their Use for Infoveillance: Longitudinal Descriptive and Validation Statistical Analysis
Thomas Patton
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, PhD ;
Daniela Abramovitz
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, MS ;
Derek Johnson
3
, PhD ;
Eric Leas
4
, PhD ;
Alicia Nobles
1
, PhD ;
Theodore Caputi
5
, MPH ;
John Ayers
1
, PhD ;
Steffanie Strathdee
1
, PhD ;
Annick Bórquez
1
, PhD
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Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
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Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
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Medecins Sans Frontieres, Genève, Switzerland
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Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health & Human Longevity Science, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
5
Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States
Corresponding Author:
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Thomas Patton, PhD
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Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health
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University of California San Diego
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9500 Gilman Drive
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La Jolla, CA, 92093
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United States
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Phone:
1 858-534-0830
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Email: tepatton@health.ucsd.edu