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eHealth Literacy / Digital Literacy (390) Outbreak and Pandemic Preparedness and Management (1727) Theme Issue: Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak Rapid Reports (1517) Information Seeking, Information Needs (465) JMH Theme Issue: COVID-19 and Mental Health: Impact and Interventions (383) Infectious Diseases (non-STD/STI) (1575) JMIR Theme Issue: COVID-19 Special Issue (2452)

Published on in Vol 23, No 4 (2021): April

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/24577, first published .
Socioeconomic Disparities in eHealth Literacy and Preventive Behaviors During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Hong Kong: Cross-sectional Study

Socioeconomic Disparities in eHealth Literacy and Preventive Behaviors During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Hong Kong: Cross-sectional Study

Socioeconomic Disparities in eHealth Literacy and Preventive Behaviors During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Hong Kong: Cross-sectional Study

Authors of this article:

Ziqiu Guo1 Author Orcid Image ;   Sheng Zhi Zhao1 Author Orcid Image ;   Ningyuan Guo1 Author Orcid Image ;   Yongda Wu1 Author Orcid Image ;   Xue Weng1 Author Orcid Image ;   Janet Yuen-Ha Wong1 Author Orcid Image ;   Tai Hing Lam2 Author Orcid Image ;   Man Ping Wang1 Author Orcid Image
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