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Digital Health Reviews (3851) Web-based and Mobile Health Interventions (5959) Medicine 2.0: Social Media, Open, Participatory, Collaborative Medicine (2724) Infodemiology and Infoveillance (2045) Infoveillance, Infodemiology, Digital Disease Surveillance, Infodemic Management (1425)

Published on in Vol 24, No 9 (2022): September

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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Internet-Based Communication for Public Health: Systematic Review

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Internet-Based Communication for Public Health: Systematic Review

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Elisabetta Ceretti1 Author Orcid Image ;   Loredana Covolo1 Author Orcid Image ;   Francesca Cappellini1 Author Orcid Image ;   Alberto Nanni2 Author Orcid Image ;   Sara Sorosina2 Author Orcid Image ;   Andrea Beatini2 Author Orcid Image ;   Mirella Taranto3 Author Orcid Image ;   Arianna Gasparini3 Author Orcid Image ;   Paola De Castro3 Author Orcid Image ;   Silvio Brusaferro3 Author Orcid Image ;   Umberto Gelatti1 Author Orcid Image
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