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Digital Health Reviews (1565) Infodemiology and Infoveillance (1469) Quality/Credibility of eHealth Information and Trust Issues (609) JMIR Theme Issue: COVID-19 Special Issue (2502) Information Quality in Digital Media (380) Information Seeking, Information Needs (532)

Published on in Vol 25 (2023)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/45731, first published .
Defining Misinformation and Related Terms in Health-Related Literature: Scoping Review

Defining Misinformation and Related Terms in Health-Related Literature: Scoping Review

Defining Misinformation and Related Terms in Health-Related Literature: Scoping Review

Authors of this article:

Ibrahim K El Mikati1 Author Orcid Image ;   Reem Hoteit2 Author Orcid Image ;   Tarek Harb3 Author Orcid Image ;   Ola El Zein4 Author Orcid Image ;   Thomas Piggott5, 6 Author Orcid Image ;   Jad Melki7 Author Orcid Image ;   Reem A Mustafa1, 5 Author Orcid Image ;   Elie A Akl5, 8 Author Orcid Image
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