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Misinformation and Disinformation Outbreaks and Information Prevalence Studies (62) Medicine 2.0: Social Media, Open, Participatory, Collaborative Medicine (1778) Infoveillance and Social Listening (244) Infodemiology and Infoveillance (1448) Infoveillance, Infodemiology, Digital Disease Surveillance, Infodemic Management (1086) Mass Media/Social Media Communication and Campaigns (504) Information Seeking, Information Needs (522)

Published on in Vol 4 (2024)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/54663, first published .
TikTok as a Source of Health Information and Misinformation for Young Women in the United States: Survey Study

TikTok as a Source of Health Information and Misinformation for Young Women in the United States: Survey Study

TikTok as a Source of Health Information and Misinformation for Young Women in the United States: Survey Study

Authors of this article:

Ciera E Kirkpatrick1 Author Orcid Image ;   LaRissa L Lawrie2 Author Orcid Image
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