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Published on in Vol 7 (2023)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/42206, first published .
Predictors of Cyberchondria During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-sectional Study Using Supervised Machine Learning

Predictors of Cyberchondria During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-sectional Study Using Supervised Machine Learning

Predictors of Cyberchondria During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-sectional Study Using Supervised Machine Learning

Authors of this article:

Alexandre Infanti1 Author Orcid Image ;   Vladan Starcevic2, 3 Author Orcid Image ;   Adriano Schimmenti4 Author Orcid Image ;   Yasser Khazaal5, 6, 7 Author Orcid Image ;   Laurent Karila8 Author Orcid Image ;   Alessandro Giardina9 Author Orcid Image ;   Maèva Flayelle9 Author Orcid Image ;   Seyedeh Boshra Hedayatzadeh Razavi9 Author Orcid Image ;   Stéphanie Baggio10, 11 Author Orcid Image ;   Claus Vögele1 Author Orcid Image ;   Joël Billieux5, 9 Author Orcid Image
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Journals

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Books/Policy Documents

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