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Theme Issue: Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak Rapid Reports (1543) Infodemiology and Infoveillance (1561) JMIR Theme Issue: COVID-19 Special Issue (2555) Infoveillance, Infodemiology, Digital Disease Surveillance, Infodemic Management (1141) Outbreak and Pandemic Preparedness and Management (1827) Infoveillance and Social Listening (314)

Published on in Vol 6, No 4 (2020): Oct-Dec

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/23098, first published .
Online Public Attention During the Early Days of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Infoveillance Study Based on Baidu Index

Online Public Attention During the Early Days of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Infoveillance Study Based on Baidu Index

Online Public Attention During the Early Days of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Infoveillance Study Based on Baidu Index

Authors of this article:

Xue Gong1 Author Orcid Image ;   Yangyang Han1 Author Orcid Image ;   Mengchi Hou1 Author Orcid Image ;   Rui Guo1 Author Orcid Image
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