Google searches for the keywords of "wash hands" predict the speed of national spread of COVID-19 outbreak among 21 countries.

Lin YH, Liu CH, Chiu YC

DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2020.04.020
Published: 2020 Jul
Container: Brain, behavior, and immunity
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@article{allodium:10.1016/j.bbi.2020.04.020,
  title = {Google searches for the keywords of "wash hands" predict the speed of national spread of COVID-19 outbreak among 21 countries.},
  author = {Lin YH and Liu CH and Chiu YC},
  year = {2020},
  journal = {Brain, behavior, and immunity},
  doi = {10.1016/j.bbi.2020.04.020},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2020.04.020}
}

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YH, L., CH, L., & YC, C. (2020). Google searches for the keywords of "wash hands" predict the speed of national spread of COVID-19 outbreak among 21 countries.. Brain, behavior, and immunity. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2020.04.020

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