Google searches do not correlate with melanoma incidence in majority English speaking countries

Laura McDonald1, Alex Simpson2, Sophie Graham2

  • 11Centre for Observational Research and Data Sciences, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Uxbridge, UB8 1DH UK.

NPJ Digital Medicine
|July 16, 2019
PubMed

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