Mobile phone messaging to improve health we still have a lot to learn about what makes it work

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 349, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Kahol, Kanav ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MASS COMMUNICATION; MOBILE PHONE; PATIENT CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TEXT MESSAGING; VOICE CALL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; REMINDER SYSTEM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; CELL PHONES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; REMINDER SYSTEMS;

EID: 84908192118     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g6158     Document Type: Editorial

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