Mobile phone text messaging for improving the uptake of vaccinations: A systematic review protocol

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Kalan, Robyn ^a   Wiysonge, Charles S ^b   Ramafuthole, Tshepiso ^a   Allie, Kurt ^a   Ebrahim, Fatima ^a   Engel, Mark Emmanuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ETHICS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MOBILE PHONE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGISTER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEXT MESSAGING; VACCINATION; LITERATURE;

HUMANS; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; TEXT MESSAGING; VACCINATION;

EID: 84905642945     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005130     Document Type: Article

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