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Published on in Vol 9 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/55309, first published .
Understanding Health-Related Discussions on Reddit: Development of a Topic Assignment Method and Exploratory Analysis

Understanding Health-Related Discussions on Reddit: Development of a Topic Assignment Method and Exploratory Analysis

Understanding Health-Related Discussions on Reddit: Development of a Topic Assignment Method and Exploratory Analysis

Authors of this article:

Garrett J Chan1 Author Orcid Image ;   Mark Fung2 Author Orcid Image ;   Jill Warrington2 Author Orcid Image ;   Sarah A Nowak2 Author Orcid Image
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