Digital technologies in the public-health response to COVID-19

Jobie Budd; Benjamin S. Miller; Erin Manning; Vasileios Lampos; Mengdie Zhuang; Michael Edelstein; Geraint Rees; Vincent C. Emery; Molly M. Stevens; Neil Keegan; Michael Short; Deenan Pillay; Ed Manley; Ingemar J. Cox; Dominique Heymann; Margaret Johnson; Rachel A. McKendry

doi:10.1038/s41591-020-1011-4

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Contact tracingDigital healthPublic healthPreparednessBusinessPandemicInternet privacyPublic relationsData scienceCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Computer scienceMedicineHealth carePolitical scienceInfectious disease (medical specialty)Nursing

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Year: 2020
Type: review
Volume: 26
Issue: 8
Pages: 1183-1192
Citations: 1184
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                                    Jobie Budd, 
                                
                                    Benjamin S. Miller, 
                                
                                    Erin Manning
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2020). 
                            Digital technologies in the public-health response to COVID-19. 
                            Nature Medicine
                            , 26
                            (8)
                            , 1183-1192.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-020-1011-4
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/s41591-020-1011-4