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JMIR Theme Issue: COVID-19 Special Issue (2445) Information Seeking, Information Needs (459) Outbreak and Pandemic Preparedness and Management (1715) Theme Issue: Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak Rapid Reports (1515)

Published on in Vol 22, No 10 (2020): October

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/22910, first published .
Online Health Information Seeking Using “#COVID-19 Patient Seeking Help” on Weibo in Wuhan, China: Descriptive Study

Online Health Information Seeking Using “#COVID-19 Patient Seeking Help” on Weibo in Wuhan, China: Descriptive Study

Online Health Information Seeking Using “#COVID-19 Patient Seeking Help” on Weibo in Wuhan, China: Descriptive Study

Authors of this article:

Xiaoman Zhao1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Ju Fan3 Author Orcid Image ;   Iccha Basnyat4 Author Orcid Image ;   Baijing Hu2 Author Orcid Image
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