Apps for life change: Critical review and solution directions

Entertainment Computing

Volumn 14, Issue , 2016, Pages 17-22

  Helf, Christopher ^a   Hlavacs, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

EHealth; Gamification; MHealth; Mobile apps

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

BEHAVIOURAL CHANGES; EHEALTH; GAMIFICATION; MHEALTH; MOBILE APPS; PERSONALIZATIONS; PRIVACY AND TRUSTS; SCIENTIFIC THEORIES;

HEALTH;

EID: 84959333878     PISSN: 18759521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.entcom.2015.07.001     Document Type: Article

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