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Tracking search engine queries for suicide in the United Kingdom, 2004-2013

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First, to determine if a cyclical trend is observed for search activity of suicide and three common suicide risk factors in the United Kingdom: depression, unemployment, and marital strain. Second, to test the validity of suicide search data as a potential marker of suicide risk by evaluating whether web searches for suicide associate with suicide rates among those of different ages and genders in the United Kingdom.Cross-sectional.Search engine data was obtained from Google Trends, a publicl...

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Peer reviewed

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10.1016/j.puhe.2015.10.015

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
Sociology
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Author
Publisher:
Elsevier
Journal:
Public health More from this journal
Volume:
137
Pages:
147-153
Publication date:
2016-03-11
Acceptance date:
2015-03-29
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EISSN:
1476-5616
ISSN:
0033-3506
Language:
English
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pubs:611677
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uuid:df1d6975-5beb-4a84-a1bb-ab70694b9e73
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pubs:611677
Source identifiers:
611677
Deposit date:
2016-06-30

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