The evolution of mobile apps for asthma: An updated systematic assessment of content and tools

BMC Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Huckvale, Kit ^a   Morrison, Cecily ^a   Ouyang, Jing ^a   Ghaghda, Aseem ^a   Car, Josip ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Android; App; Asthma; Cross sectional study; iPhone; mHealth; Mobile health; Smartphone; Systematic assessment; Update

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOBILE APPLICATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; SELF CARE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; MOBILE PHONE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

ASTHMA; CELL PHONES; HUMANS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; SELF CARE;

EID: 84926650693     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-015-0303-x     Document Type: Article

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