Using mobile technology to conduct epidemiological investigations

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 105-107

  Neto, Onicio Batista Leal ^a   Loyo, Rodrigo ^a   Albuquerque, Jones ^b   Perazzo, Juliana ^a   Barbosa, Verônica ^a   Barbosa, Constança Simões ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Android; Epi 7; Epidemiology; Mobile; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REAL TIME TRANSMISSION; REMOTE TRANSMISSION; RESIDENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYNCHRONIZATION; BRAZIL; DEVICES; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH SURVEY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MICROCOMPUTER; PROCEDURES; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

BRAZIL; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DATA COLLECTION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

EID: 84926364479     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/0037-8682-0181-2014     Document Type: Article

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