'M-apping' sleep? Trends and transformations in the digital age

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1039-1054

  Williams, Simon J ^a   Coveney, Catherine ^b   Meadows, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body; E health; Sleep

Indexed keywords

DEVICES; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY; MOBILE APPLICATION; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP; TELEMEDICINE; TRENDS;

HUMANS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; SLEEP; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84940895539     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.12283     Document Type: Article

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