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. 2020 Jul;22(4):418-421.
doi: 10.1017/cem.2020.361.

The Twitter pandemic: The critical role of Twitter in the dissemination of medical information and misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic

Hans Rosenberg  1 , Shahbaz Syed  1 , Salim Rezaie  2
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The Twitter pandemic: The critical role of Twitter in the dissemination of medical information and misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic

Hans Rosenberg et al. CJEM. 2020 Jul.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Twitter; pandemic.

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None declared.

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