M-health services: Can it be a potential mechanism in improving public health system of India?

Indian Journal of Community Health

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 316-320

  Davey, Sanjeev ^a   Davey, Anuradha ^b   Singh, Jai Vir ^a   Raghav, Santosh Kumar ^a  

^a Muzaffarnagar Medical College and Hospital   (India)

^b SUBHARTI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

e Health; Internet; m Health; Public health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890779553     PISSN: 09717587     EISSN: 22489509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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