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Medicine 2.0: Social Media, Open, Participatory, Collaborative Medicine (1766) Innovations and Technology for Healthy Eating Education (442) Quality/Credibility of eHealth Information and Trust Issues (590) Digital Health Reviews (1477) Food Sciences and Nutrition Engineering (55)

Published on in Vol 22, No 7 (2020): July

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/17296, first published .
Assessing the Credibility and Authenticity of Social Media Content for Applications in Health Communication: Scoping Review

Assessing the Credibility and Authenticity of Social Media Content for Applications in Health Communication: Scoping Review

Assessing the Credibility and Authenticity of Social Media Content for Applications in Health Communication: Scoping Review

Authors of this article:

Eva L Jenkins1 Author Orcid Image ;   Jasmina Ilicic2 Author Orcid Image ;   Amy M Barklamb1 Author Orcid Image ;   Tracy A McCaffrey1 Author Orcid Image
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