There's an app for that: Content analysis of paid health and fitness apps

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  West, Joshua H ^a   Hall, P Cougar ^a   Hanson, Carl L ^a   Barnes, Michael D ^a   Giraud Carrier, Christophe ^b   Barrett, James ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 3361 TMCB   (United States)

Author keywords

App; IPhone; MHealth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST; ECONOMICS; FITNESS; HUMAN; MOBILE PHONE;

CELLULAR PHONE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HUMANS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84864221202     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.1977     Document Type: Conference Paper

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