Published on in Vol 7, No 12 (2021): December

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/34016, first published .
Predicting the Number of Suicides in Japan Using Internet Search Queries: Vector Autoregression Time Series Model

Predicting the Number of Suicides in Japan Using Internet Search Queries: Vector Autoregression Time Series Model

Predicting the Number of Suicides in Japan Using Internet Search Queries: Vector Autoregression Time Series Model

Kazuya Taira   1 , PhD ;   Rikuya Hosokawa   1 , PhD ;   Tomoya Itatani   2 , PhD ;   Sumio Fujita   3

1 Department of Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

2 Division of Nursing, Faculty of Health Science Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Science, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

3 Yahoo Japan Corporation, Tokyo, Japan

Corresponding Author:

  • Kazuya Taira, PhD
  • Department of Human Health Sciences
  • Graduate School of Medicine
  • Kyoto University
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