A Reality Checkpoint for Mobile Health: Three Challenges to Overcome

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Barbour, Virginia ^a   Clark, Jocalyn ^a   Connell, Laureen ^a   Ross, Amy ^a   Simpson, Paul ^a   Veitch, Emma ^a   Winker, Margaret ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; MOBILE PHONE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CELLULAR PHONE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84874483802     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001395     Document Type: Editorial

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