Persuasive virtual communities to promote a healthy lifestyle among patients with chronic diseases

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 5411 LNCS, Issue , 2008, Pages 74-82

  Gasca, Eduardo ^a   Favela, Jesus ^a   Tentori, Monica ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Persuasive Ecosystem; PHealthNet; Virtual Community

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; PERSUASIVE ECOSYSTEM; PERSUASIVE TECHNOLOGY; PHEALTHNET; PREMATURE DEATH; QUALITY OF LIFE; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ECOSYSTEMS; GROUPWARE; HEALTH RISKS; NUTRITION;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 70350660811     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-92831-7_7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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