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. 2021 Dec;114(12):812-814.

doi: 10.14423/SMJ.0000000000001327.

Physicians' Role in the COVID-19 Infodemic: A Reflection

Sydney B Blankenship¹, Mariko Nakano-Okuno¹, Rocksheng Zhong¹

Affiliations

PMID: 34853860
PMCID: PMC8607918
DOI: 10.14423/SMJ.0000000000001327

Physicians' Role in the COVID-19 Infodemic: A Reflection

Sydney B Blankenship et al. South Med J. 2021 Dec.

. 2021 Dec;114(12):812-814.

doi: 10.14423/SMJ.0000000000001327.

Authors

Sydney B Blankenship¹, Mariko Nakano-Okuno¹, Rocksheng Zhong¹

Affiliation

¹ From the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham.

PMID: 34853860
PMCID: PMC8607918
DOI: 10.14423/SMJ.0000000000001327

No abstract available

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The authors did not report any financial relationships or conflicts of interest.

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