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Metadata
- Authors
- Diseases, T. L. I.
- Corresponding author
- The Lancet Infectious Diseases
- Venue
- The Lancet Infectious Diseases
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-08
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 875
- ISSN
- 1473-3099 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7367666
- OpenAlex
- W4205924832
- Cited by
- 421
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 20 · 2025: 38 · 2024: 52 · 2023: 79 · 2022: 132 · 2021: 82 · 2020: 16
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- The Lancet Infectious Diseases (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- 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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