Development of smartphone applications for nutrition and physical activity behavior change

JMIR Research Protocols

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Hebden, Lana ^a   Cook, Amelia ^a   van der Ploeg, Hidde P ^b   Allman Farinelli, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cellular phone; Health behavior; Lifestyle; Primary prevention; Young adult

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891123201     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19290748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/resprot.2205     Document Type: Article

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