A pictorial schema for a comprehensive user-oriented identification of medical apps

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 208-224

  Bonacina, Stefano ^a   Marceglia, S ^a   Pinciroli, F ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computers; Credentialing; Handheld trends; Media tablet apps; Quality control; Software utilization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER INTERFACE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICINE; MOBILE APPLICATION;

DATA DISPLAY; HUMANS; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS COMPUTING; MEDICINE; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84901489830     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3414/ME13-01-0093     Document Type: Article

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