Inoculating against COVID-19 vaccine misinformation

Sander van der Linden; Graham Dixon; Chris Clarke; John Cook

doi:10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.100772

Inoculating against COVID-19 vaccine misinformation

Sander van der Linden, Graham Dixon, Chris Clarke, John Cook

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Original language	English
Article number	100772
Number of pages	2
Journal	eClinicalMedicine
Volume	33
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.100772
Publication status	Published - Mar 2021
Externally published	Yes

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Inoculating against COVID-19 vaccine misinformation

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