Measuring Public Concern About COVID-19 in Japanese Internet Users Through Search Queries: Infodemiological Study.

Zhiwei Gao Sumio Fujita Nobuyuki Shimizu Kongmeng Liew Taichi Murayama Shuntaro Yada Shoko Wakamiya Eiji Aramaki

Published in: JMIR public health and surveillance (2021)

We quantitatively defined Japanese Yahoo users' concerns about COVID-19 by using the search counts of COVID-19-related search queries. Our results also showed that the LCI and LCIPP have external validity.

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