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Infoveillance and Social Listening (265) JMIR Theme Issue: COVID-19 Special Issue (2505) Infodemiology and Infoveillance (1475) Depression and Mood Disorders; Suicide Prevention (1551) Outbreak and Pandemic Preparedness and Management (1786) Infoveillance, Infodemiology, Digital Disease Surveillance, Infodemic Management (1092)

Published on in Vol 1, No 1 (2021): Jan-Dec

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/26769, first published .
Monitoring Depression Trends on Twitter During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Observational Study

Monitoring Depression Trends on Twitter During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Observational Study

Monitoring Depression Trends on Twitter During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Observational Study

Authors of this article:

Yipeng Zhang1 Author Orcid Image ;   Hanjia Lyu1 Author Orcid Image ;   Yubao Liu1 Author Orcid Image ;   Xiyang Zhang2 Author Orcid Image ;   Yu Wang1 Author Orcid Image ;   Jiebo Luo1 Author Orcid Image
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