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- Diseases, T. L. I.
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- The Lancet Infectious Diseases
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- The Lancet Infectious Diseases
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- Elsevier BV
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- 2020-08
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- 20
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- 8
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- 875
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- 1473-3099 (ISSN-L)
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- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Social Sciences › Communication › Communication and COVID-19 Impact
- Social Sciences › Library and Information Sciences › Academic Publishing and Open Access
- Keywords
- COVID-19 pandemic, infodemic, misinformation, fake news, conspiracy theories, social media, trust in health institutions, infodemiology, World Health Organization
- MeSH terms
- COVID-19, Communication, Health Policy, Humans, Pneumonia, Viral, Publishing, Journalism, Medical, Coronavirus Infections, Information Dissemination, Pandemics, Social Media
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