Usability and feasibility of PmEB: A mobile phone application for monitoring real time caloric balance

Mobile Networks and Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 173-184

  Tsai, Christopher C ^a   Lee, Gunny ^b   Raab, Fred ^c   Norman, Gregory J ^c   Sohn, Timothy ^d   Griswold, William G ^d   Patrick, Kevin ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral science; Mobile communication; Software prototyping; User centered design methodology

Indexed keywords

MOBILE PHONES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; USABILITY ENGINEERING;

BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; USER CENTERED DESIGN METHODOLOGY;

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

EID: 34548245940     PISSN: 1383469X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11036-007-0014-4     Document Type: Article

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