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. 2021 Sep;10(3):100520.
doi: 10.1016/j.hlpt.2021.100520. Epub 2021 May 13.

Confronting the misinformation pandemic

David Xiang  1   2 , Lisa Soleymani Lehmann  1   3   4   5
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Confronting the misinformation pandemic

David Xiang et al. Health Policy Technol. 2021 Sep.
No abstract available

Keywords: Effective pandemic communication; Medical journals; Medical organizations; Misinformation; Technology companies; Vaccine hesitancy.

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Conflict of interest statement

None declared.

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