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Published on in Vol 24, No 12 (2022): December

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/41527, first published .
Man searches Google for "getting help for opioid use.

Characterizing Help-Seeking Searches for Substance Use Treatment From Google Trends and Assessing Their Use for Infoveillance: Longitudinal Descriptive and Validation Statistical Analysis

Characterizing Help-Seeking Searches for Substance Use Treatment From Google Trends and Assessing Their Use for Infoveillance: Longitudinal Descriptive and Validation Statistical Analysis

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Thomas Patton1 Author Orcid Image ;   Daniela Abramovitz2 Author Orcid Image ;   Derek Johnson3 Author Orcid Image ;   Eric Leas4 Author Orcid Image ;   Alicia Nobles1 Author Orcid Image ;   Theodore Caputi5 Author Orcid Image ;   John Ayers1 Author Orcid Image ;   Steffanie Strathdee1 Author Orcid Image ;   Annick Bórquez1 Author Orcid Image
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