Using Mobile Phones for Adolescent Research in Low and Middle Income Countries: Preliminary Findings From the Birth to Twenty Cohort, South Africa

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 302-304

  van Heerden, Alastair C ^a   Norris, Shane A ^b,c   Richter, Linda M ^a  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data collection; Mobile phone

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; CELLULAR PHONE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MOTHERS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76349120596     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.09.008     Document Type: Article

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