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Trust in social media health sources in Mureș County, Romania

Open Access
|Dec 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amma-2025-0057 | Journal eISSN: 2668-7763 | Journal ISSN: 2668-7755
Language: English
Page range: 303 - 306
Submitted on: May 12, 2025
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Accepted on: Sep 25, 2025
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Published on: Dec 11, 2025
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2025 Iuliu Moldovan, Daniela Edith Ceană, Hajnal Finta, Paula Boloș, published by University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Targu Mures
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