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Digital Health Reviews (1724) Medicine 2.0: Social Media, Open, Participatory, Collaborative Medicine (1911) Social Media in Public Health informatics (67) JMIR Theme Issue: COVID-19 Special Issue (2554) Infodemic Management (60) Infodemiology and Infoveillance (1558)

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Prevalence of Health Misinformation on Social Media—Challenges and Mitigation Before, During, and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic: Scoping Literature Review

Prevalence of Health Misinformation on Social Media—Challenges and Mitigation Before, During, and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic: Scoping Literature Review

Prevalence of Health Misinformation on Social Media—Challenges and Mitigation Before, During, and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic: Scoping Literature Review

Authors of this article:

Dhouha Kbaier1 Author Orcid Image ;   Annemarie Kane2 Author Orcid Image ;   Mark McJury3 Author Orcid Image ;   Ian Kenny1 Author Orcid Image
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