To promote adoption of household health technologies, think beyond health

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1736-1740

  Thurber, Mark C ^a   Warner, Christina ^b   Platt, Lauren ^b   Slaski, Alexander ^a   Gupta, Rajesh ^c   Miller, Grant ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Program in Human Biology   (United States)

^c School of Medicine   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSING; HUMAN; POVERTY; REVIEW; RISK; TECHNOLOGY;

ATTITUDE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSING; HUMANS; POVERTY AREAS; RISK; TECHNOLOGY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84884163435     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301367     Document Type: Review

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