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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward COVID-19 among university students in Japan and associated factors: An online cross-sectional survey

  • Asuka Hatabu ,

    Contributed equally to this work with: Asuka Hatabu, Xinhua Mao, Yi Zhou

    Roles Formal analysis, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

    Affiliation Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Suita City, Osaka, Japan

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  • Xinhua Mao ,

    Contributed equally to this work with: Asuka Hatabu, Xinhua Mao, Yi Zhou

    Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

    Affiliation The Faculty of Psychology, Kobe Gakuin University, Kobe, Japan

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  • Yi Zhou ,

    Contributed equally to this work with: Asuka Hatabu, Xinhua Mao, Yi Zhou

    Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

    Affiliation Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Suita City, Osaka, Japan

    ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9254-3245

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  • Norihito Kawashita,

    Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

    Affiliation Graduate School of Science and Engineering Research, Kindai University, Higashiosaka City, Osaka, Japan

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  • Zheng Wen,

    Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

    Affiliation Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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  • Mikiko Ueda,

    Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

    Affiliation Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Suita City, Osaka, Japan

    ⨯
  • Tatsuya Takagi,

    Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

    Affiliation Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Suita City, Osaka, Japan

    ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0044-0722

    ⨯
  • Yu-Shi Tian

    Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

    * E-mail: yushi-tian@phs.osaka-u.ac.jp

    Affiliation Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Suita City, Osaka, Japan

    ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8988-9453

    ⨯

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward COVID-19 among university students in Japan and associated factors: An online cross-sectional survey

  • Asuka Hatabu, 
  • Xinhua Mao, 
  • Yi Zhou, 
  • Norihito Kawashita, 
  • Zheng Wen, 
  • Mikiko Ueda, 
  • Tatsuya Takagi, 
  • Yu-Shi Tian
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  • Published: December 21, 2020
  • https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244350
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