Asthma on the move: how mobile apps remediate risk for disease management

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 7-8, 2016, Pages 510-529

  Kenner, Alison ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

asthma; care; chronic disease; digital health; digital risk; disease management; emplacement; environmental health; environmental risk; mobile health; place making; risk

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MOBILE APPLICATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT RISK; PRESCRIPTION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMARTPHONE;

EID: 84960430430     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698575.2015.1136408     Document Type: Article

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