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Theme Issue: Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak Rapid Reports (1520) Infodemiology and Infoveillance (1369) JMIR Theme Issue: COVID-19 Special Issue (2461) Infoveillance, Infodemiology, Digital Disease Surveillance, Infodemic Management (1050) Outbreak and Pandemic Preparedness and Management (1743)

Published on in Vol 6, No 2 (2020): Apr-Jun

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/19374, first published .
COVID-19-Related Web Search Behaviors and Infodemic Attitudes in Italy: Infodemiological Study

COVID-19-Related Web Search Behaviors and Infodemic Attitudes in Italy: Infodemiological Study

COVID-19-Related Web Search Behaviors and Infodemic Attitudes in Italy: Infodemiological Study

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Books/Policy Documents

  1. Mahajan A, Mahajan C. Clinical Synopsis of COVID-19. View
  2. Wright K. Communicating Science in Times of Crisis. View
  3. Spitzberg B, Tsou M, Gawron M. Communicating Science in Times of Crisis. View
  4. Tai T, Liew T, Tan S, Khan M. Information Manipulation and Its Impact Across All Industries. View
  5. Wilcox S, Huzo O, Minhas A, Walters N, Adada J, Pennington M, Roseme L, Mohammed D, Dusic A, Zeine R. Handbook of Research on Cyberchondria, Health Literacy, and the Role of Media in Society’s Perception of Medical Information. View
  6. Fatima M, Rextin A, Nasim M, Yusuf O. Disinformation in Open Online Media. View
  7. Lefèvre T, Colineaux H, Morgand C, Tournois L, Delpierre C. Artificial Intelligence in Covid-19. View
  8. Aiken M, Farr R, Witschi D. Handbook of Research on Cyberchondria, Health Literacy, and the Role of Media in Society’s Perception of Medical Information. View
  9. Sobti R, Kumari M, Singhla M, Bhandari R. Biomedical Translational Research. View
  10. Galido A, Ecleo J. Novel & Intelligent Digital Systems: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference (NiDS 2022). View
  11. Heyerdahl L, Lana B, Giles-Vernick T. Socio-Life Science and the COVID-19 Outbreak. View