Validating self-reported mobile phone use in adults using a newly developed smartphone application

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 812-818

  Goedhart, Geertje ^a   Kromhout, Hans ^a   Wiart, Joe ^b   Vermeulen, Roel ^a,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUT MINES TELECOM   (France)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; VALIDATION STUDY; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVALUATION STUDY; HAND; HEAD; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SMARTPHONE; STANDARDS; TEXT MESSAGING; THEORETICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CELL PHONES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAND; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NETHERLANDS; RADIO WAVES; SELF REPORT; SMARTPHONE; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84944353264     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2015-102808     Document Type: Article

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