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Health Information Seeking Behaviors and Source Preferences between Chinese and U.S. Populations

Linqi Lu1 College of Media and International Culture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China;2 Department of Communication, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Jiawei Liu2 Department of Communication, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8389-0197
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Y. Connie Yuan2 Department of Communication, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
Pages 490-500 | Published online: 23 Aug 2020

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