A founding framework for addressing obesity in Qatar using mobile technologies

Communications in Computer and Information Science

Volumn 221 CCIS, Issue PART 3, 2011, Pages 402-412

  Mansar, Selma Limam ^a   Kekre, Sham ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

e health; information design; mobile technologies; Obesity; operational effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EHEALTH; INFORMATION DESIGN; MOBILE TECHNOLOGY; OBESITY; OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; NUTRITION; TECHNOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 80054072366     PISSN: 18650929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-24352-3_42     Document Type: Conference Paper

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