mHealth: A strategic field without a solid scientific soul. A systematic review of pain-related apps

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  De La Vega, Rocío ^a   Miró, Jordi ^a  

^a INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIÓ SANITÀRIA PERE VIRGILI IISPV   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELEHEALTH; FACTUAL DATABASE; PROCEDURES; SCIENCE; TELEMEDICINE;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PAIN; SCIENCE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84904382628     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101312     Document Type: Article

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