A new mobile ubiquitous computing application to control obesity: SapoFit

Informatics for Health and Social Care

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-53

  Rodrigues, Joel J P C ^a   Lopes, Ivo M C ^a   Silva, Bruno M C ^a   De La Torre, Isabel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Android; E Health; IPhone; M health; Mobile computing; Obesity; Web services

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL RECORD; MOBILE PHONE; OBESITY; SPAIN; TELEMETRY;

CELLULAR PHONE; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; HEALTH RECORDS, PERSONAL; HUMANS; INTERNET; OBESITY; SPAIN; TELEMETRY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872150032     PISSN: 17538157     EISSN: 17538165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17538157.2012.674586     Document Type: Review

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