Systematic Literature Review on the Spread of Health-related Misinformation on Social Media

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 240, Issue , 2019, Pages

  Wang, Yuxi ^a   McKee, Martin ^b   Torbica, Aleksandra ^a   Stuckler, David ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fake news; Health; Misinformation; Social media

Indexed keywords

CANCER; EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE; INTERNET; LITERATURE REVIEW; MEDICINE; NUTRITION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; SOCIAL MEDIA; VACCINATION; ZIKA VIRUS DISEASE;

CITATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EBOLAVIRUS; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MISINFORMATION; NUTRITION; REVIEW; SMOKING; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VACCINATION; ZIKA VIRUS; DECEPTION; HEALTH LITERACY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION;

SCOPUS; ZIKA VIRUS;

COMMUNICATION; DECEPTION; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 85072572458     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112552     Document Type: Review

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