Racism and Xenophobia in a Pandemic: Interactions of Online and Offline Worlds

Affiliations

¹ Wen-Ying Sylvia Chou and Anna Gaysynsky are with the Behavioral Research Program, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD. Anna Gaysynsky is also with ICF Next, Rockville, MD.

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Wen-Ying Sylvia Chou et al. Am J Public Health. 2021 May.

. 2021 May;111(5):773-775.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2021.306230.

¹ Wen-Ying Sylvia Chou and Anna Gaysynsky are with the Behavioral Research Program, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD. Anna Gaysynsky is also with ICF Next, Rockville, MD.

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Association of "#covid19" Versus "#chinesevirus" With Anti-Asian Sentiments on Twitter: March 9-23, 2020.
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