What does Google Trends reveal about the proportion of waterpipe users in the Brazilian population?

ABSTRACT Objective To analyze the relationship between internet search volume and the prevalence of waterpipe use among young Brazilians in 2019. Methods This was a descriptive study with data from Brazil in 2019, using the relative search volume on waterpipes extracted from Google Trends and the...

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Main Authors: Fernando Lopes Tavares de Lima, Luís Felipe Leite Martins, André Salem Szklo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ministério da Saúde do Brasil 2023-12-01
Series:Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2237-96222023000400700&lng=en&tlng=en