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Seasonality of Ankle Swelling: Population Symptom Reporting Using Google Trends
Fangwei Liu, G. Michael Allan, Christina Korownyk, Michael Kolber, Nigel Flook, Harvey Sternberg and Scott Garrison
The Annals of Family Medicine July 2016, 14 (4) 356-358; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1953
Fangwei Liu
Department of Family Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton,
Canada
MDG. Michael Allan
Department of Family Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton,
Canada
MDChristina Korownyk
Department of Family Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton,
Canada
MDMichael Kolber
Department of Family Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton,
Canada
MD, MScNigel Flook
Department of Family Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton,
Canada
MDHarvey Sternberg
Department of Family Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton,
Canada
MDScott Garrison
Department of Family Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton,
Canada
MD, PhDFigure 2
Figure 2
Google Trends Internet search volume for ‘ankle swelling,’ ‘swollen ankles,’ ‘swollen feet, or ‘swollen legs’ in Australia (◊) and the United States (Δ) (August 29, 2010, to January 26, 2016).
Horizontal axis markers (Dec, Jun) are centered mid-month. The solid line and dashed line are best-fit sinusoids for Australia and the United States, respectively.
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Seasonality of Ankle Swelling: Population Symptom Reporting Using Google Trends
Fangwei Liu, G. Michael Allan, Christina Korownyk, Michael Kolber, Nigel Flook, Harvey Sternberg, Scott Garrison
The Annals of Family Medicine Jul 2016, 14 (4) 356-358; DOI: 10.1370/afm.1953