Mobile medical apps: Dangers and potential solutions

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 229-230

  Visser, Benjamin J ^a   Korevaar, Daniël A ^a   Nolan, Tom ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Brockwell Park Surgery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; MICROCOMPUTER; MOBILE PHONE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CELLULAR PHONE; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS;

EID: 84890216916     PISSN: 1357633X     EISSN: 17581109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1357633X13479706     Document Type: Article

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