Smartphone breast applications - What's the evidence?

Breast

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 683-689

  Mobasheri, Mohammad H ^a   Johnston, Maximilian ^a   King, Dominic ^a   Leff, Daniel ^a   Thiruchelvam, Paul ^a   Darzi, Ara ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apps; Breast disease; Cancer; MHealth; Mobile health; Smartphone

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONFIDENTIALITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MOBILE APPLICATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRODUCT SAFETY; TELEHEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; EVALUATION STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOBILE PHONE; SELF EVALUATION; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEMEDICINE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL PHONES; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84908219350     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: 15323080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2014.07.006     Document Type: Article

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