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. 2020 Jun:183:65-66.
doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2020.05.011. Epub 2020 May 13.

Forgotten key players in public health: news media as agents of information and persuasion during the COVID-19 pandemic

D De Coninck  1 , L d'Haenens  2 , K Matthijs  3
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Forgotten key players in public health: news media as agents of information and persuasion during the COVID-19 pandemic

D De Coninck et al. Public Health. 2020 Jun.
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  • COVID-19: towards controlling of a pandemic.
    Bedford J, Enria D, Giesecke J, Heymann DL, Ihekweazu C, Kobinger G, Lane HC, Memish Z, Oh MD, Sall AA, Schuchat A, Ungchusak K, Wieler LH; WHO Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for Infectious Hazards. Bedford J, et al. Lancet. 2020 Mar 28;395(10229):1015-1018. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30673-5. Epub 2020 Mar 17. Lancet. 2020. PMID: 32197103 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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