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JMIR Theme Issue: COVID-19 Special Issue (2559)

Published on in Vol 23, No 2 (2021): February

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/22427, first published .
Dissemination and Refutation of Rumors During the COVID-19 Outbreak in China: Infodemiology Study

Dissemination and Refutation of Rumors During the COVID-19 Outbreak in China: Infodemiology Study

Dissemination and Refutation of Rumors During the COVID-19 Outbreak in China: Infodemiology Study

Authors of this article:

Bin Chen1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Xinyi Chen3 Author Orcid Image ;   Jin Pan4 Author Orcid Image ;   Kui Liu1 Author Orcid Image ;   Bo Xie5 Author Orcid Image ;   Wei Wang1 Author Orcid Image ;   Ying Peng1 Author Orcid Image ;   Fei Wang1 Author Orcid Image ;   Na Li6 Author Orcid Image ;   Jianmin Jiang1, 7 Author Orcid Image
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