Mobile health use in low-and high-income countries: An overview of the peer-reviewed literature

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 130-142

  Bastawrous, Andrew ^a   Armstrong, Matthew J ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CONSUMER; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH INCOME COUNTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MALARIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MICROCOMPUTER; MOBILE PHONE; PATIENT MONITORING; PEER REVIEW; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84878277041     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0141076812472620     Document Type: Review

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