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Research Letter (195) Medicine 2.0: Social Media, Open, Participatory, Collaborative Medicine (2651) Infodemiology and Infoveillance (1972) Information Quality in Digital Media (450) Infoveillance, Infodemiology, Digital Disease Surveillance, Infodemic Management (1391) World Wide Web and Social Media in Dermatology (102)

Published on in Vol 9 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/99635, first published .
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Public Interest in Sun Protection and Misinformation: A Google Trends and TikTok Analysis

Public Interest in Sun Protection and Misinformation: A Google Trends and TikTok Analysis

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Rajyk Bhala1 Author Orcid Image ;   Sriram Ambadi1 Author Orcid Image ;   Reid Oldenburg1 Author Orcid Image
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Rajyk Bhala   1 , BA ;   Sriram Ambadi   1 , BS ;   Reid Oldenburg   1 , MD, PhD

1 Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States

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  • Rajyk Bhala, BA
  • Department of Dermatology
  • School of Medicine, University of California San Diego
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  • Email: rbhala@health.ucsd.edu