Dose-response effects of the text4baby mobile health program: Randomized controlled trial

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Evans, William ^a   Nielsen, Peter E ^b   Szekely, Daniel R ^c   Bihm, Jasmine W ^a   Murray, Elizabeth A ^c   Snider, Jeremy ^d   Abroms, Lorien C ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital   (United States)

^c MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Health communication; Mobile health; Prenatal health care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943193692     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22915222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.3909     Document Type: Article

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